What topics are discussed most at the 2016 debates?

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Talk of taxes has dominated the presidential debates this election cycle. Taxes have been mentioned three times as often as Obamacare.

Staff at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education, downloaded the transcripts for the six presidential debates so far. They then counted how many times various terms have been raised, largely to show education issues are getting ignored at presidential debates.

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