Primary · Democratic · 22 January 2004

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate in Manchester, New Hampshire

Speaking turns

273

19,265 words transcribed

Candidates' share

70%

7 candidates

Moderators' share

30%

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

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Speakers in the Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate in Manchester, New Hampshire
Speaker	Role	Turns	Words	Share	Median turn	Longest	Reading grade
Edwards	Candidates	25	2,621	13.6%	95	257	7.9
Kerry	Candidates	14	2,111	11.0%	204	281	8.1
Lieberman	Candidates	22	2,085	10.8%	64	261	6.9
Dean	Candidates	12	1,955	10.1%	214	298	6.3
Jennings	Moderators, panellists and questioners	61	1,860	9.7%	11	197	6.3
Clark	Candidates	17	1,655	8.6%	97	191	6.2
Kucinich	Candidates	16	1,546	8.0%	95	233	9.7
Sharpton	Candidates	10	1,532	8.0%	191	258	8.7
Hume	Moderators, panellists and questioners	40	1,394	7.2%	22	217	7.0
Griffith	Moderators, panellists and questioners	25	1,292	6.7%	51	124	7.0
Distaso	Moderators, panellists and questioners	31	1,214	6.3%	33	100	8.0

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