This week's question was, as of Jan. 29, how many governors have delivered State of the State addresses?

You answered: 30.
You are correct!

As of Jan. 29, 30 governors—14 Democrats and 16 Republicans—have discussed their state’s condition with legislators and laid out their priorities and goals for the year ahead. Eight more governors are scheduled to deliver their addresses between now and March 7.

Four of the governors who have delivered their addresses—Katie Hobbs (D-Ariz.), Josh Green (D-Hawaii), James Pillen (R-Neb.), and Joe Lombardo (R-Nev.)—were first elected in November and gave their annual report for the first time. The 26 other governors who addressed their legislatures were returning incumbents.

We analyzed State of the State transcripts and created word clouds of the most common words in Democratic and Republican addresses. While some words like “state” (used 1029 times), “people” (415) and “work” (357) feature prominently in both Democratic and Republican addresses, there are differences.

Democratic speeches averaged about 4,394 words. The words "housing" (used 158 times), "families" (145) and "health" (145 times) were among the most frequently used.

Republican addresses averaged 5,285 words. The words “million” (used 207 times), "tax" (174), and "school" (172) were among the most commonly used.

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