According to a new study, ###### sound alike. They all have ###### ways of speaking.

Scientists recently ###### the speech patterns of four ###### contenders in the 2016 race. ###### studied the speeches of Hillary ######, Carly Fiorina, Bernie Sanders and ###### Trump. They found that the ###### candidates all changed their voices ###### similar ways, depending on the ######.]]>
"Politicians use ###### as a very powerful behavior ###### convey their charisma," Rosario Signorello ######. Signorello works at UCLA's Department ###### Head and Neck Surgery and ###### one of the researchers behind ###### work.

The Power Of Persuasion

When it comes to ######, it's not what you say, ###### how you say it. Some ###### the most successful politicians are ###### speakers, and with good reason.]]>
###### said that politicians are the ###### public speakers because they face ###### type of audience, addressing everyone ###### elementary school students to very ###### people.

Signorello wanted to try ###### identify what makes politicians good ###### based on the way they ###### their voice.]]>
Speech Habits Similar

The researchers ###### the speech of the candidates ###### three different settings.]]>
When speaking ###### large crowds of people, all ###### the politicians used wide pitch ######. They spoke in a high ###### at times and in a ###### pitch at other times.]]>
Candidates used a high ###### pitch range when speaking to ###### audiences of voters, rather than ###### politicians and leaders. On average, ###### used a high pitch, and ###### mixed loud and soft volumes ###### these audiences.

Appealing To The Audience

This tactic makes ###### for this type of audience, ###### said. General audiences include a ###### of people. Candidates adjust their ###### often to appeal to many ###### groups at the same time.]]>
However, when the politicians were ###### to other politicians, they kept ###### voices at low and medium ######. This was the case when ###### spoke to a United Nations ###### and when Sanders spoke to ###### U.S. Senate. The same was ###### when Trump and Fiorina spoke ###### the New Hampshire Republican Leadership ######. Low and medium frequency pitch ###### are meant to signal power ###### dominance.]]>
When candidates ###### to other politicians, they speak ######. Politicians are generally similar to ###### other. Most of them are ###### of a certain age, Signorello ######. Low and medium pitches are ###### most with this audience.

No Curves In Their Pitches

All ###### the politicians used their normal ###### ranges when they chatted about ###### subjects on talk shows.]]>
Politicians may share ###### speech tactics for impressing an ######, but they don't behave exactly ###### same. The researchers found that ###### candidates all have individual quirks. ###### example, Clinton and Fiorina lowered ###### voice pitch when addressing large ######. Trump did the opposite.

Sanders ###### a wide pitch range over ###### course of a speech.]]>
In his next study, ###### wants to see if politicians ###### other countries have similar behavioral ###### to those in the United ######.]]>