General election · 13 October 1988

Presidential Debate at the University of California in Los Angeles

Speaking turns

162

15,264 words transcribed

Candidates' share

83%

2 candidates

Moderators' share

17%

moderators, panellists, questioners

Crosstalk markers

0 turns end on a dash

The debate, turn by turn

Read left to right: each block is one turn, placed where it falls in the running word count and as wide as it is long.

Candidates Moderators, panellists, questioners Audience, recorded clips, unidentified

A stand-in for talk time.

Ticks are single turns; boxes span the middle half; the heavy bar is the median.

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Speakers in the Presidential Debate at the University of California in Los Angeles
Speaker	Role	Turns	Words	Share	Median turn	Longest	Reading grade
Dukakis	Candidates	37	6,851	44.9%	196	455	8.9
Bush	Candidates	37	5,877	38.5%	180	383	6.9
Shaw	Moderators, panellists and questioners	57	661	4.3%	6	153	7.2
Mitchell	Moderators, panellists and questioners	9	658	4.3%	79	128	9.7
Warner	Moderators, panellists and questioners	12	616	4.0%	41	139	9.6
Compton	Moderators, panellists and questioners	10	601	3.9%	68	111	10.3

The notebook's own Participants and Moderators fields, reproduced exactly by the TypeScript port.