Primary · Democratic · 3 June 2007
Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire
Full transcript: The American Presidency Project (opens The American Presidency Project in a new tab)
Speaking turns
497
20,774 words transcribed
Candidates' share
77%
8 candidates
Moderators' share
23%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
3
60 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
6 more speakers with very short contributions are left out of the chart but counted in the table below.
Share of words
A stand-in for talk time.
- Blitzer16.4%202 turns
- Obama14.8%40 turns
- Clinton13.4%42 turns
- Edwards12.0%36 turns
- Dodd9.3%27 turns
- Richardson7.9%38 turns
- Biden7.5%23 turns
- Kucinich7.2%18 turns
- Gravel4.9%23 turns
- Vaughn2.9%17 turns
- Spradling1.4%7 turns
- Fahey0.7%5 turns
- Sealander0.5%2 turns
- Masur0.4%4 turns
How long each turn ran
Ticks are single turns; boxes span the middle half; the heavy bar is the median.
Every speaker
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| Speaker | Role | Turns | Words | Share | Median turn | Longest | Ends on a dash | Reading grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blitzer | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 202 | 3,399 | 16.4% | 9 | 223 | 16 | 5.3 |
| Obama | Candidates | 40 | 3,071 | 14.8% | 50 | 207 | 7 | 9.2 |
| Clinton | Candidates | 42 | 2,782 | 13.4% | 33 | 261 | 6 | 9.2 |
| Edwards | Candidates | 36 | 2,491 | 12.0% | 24 | 251 | 7 | 9.0 |
| Dodd | Candidates | 27 | 1,942 | 9.3% | 36 | 242 | 4 | 8.1 |
| Richardson | Candidates | 38 | 1,632 | 7.9% | 12 | 163 | 7 | 6.5 |
| Biden | Candidates | 23 | 1,554 | 7.5% | 73 | 235 | 3 | 5.6 |
| Kucinich | Candidates | 18 | 1,493 | 7.2% | 96 | 201 | 4 | 8.7 |
| Gravel | Candidates | 23 | 1,022 | 4.9% | 32 | 138 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Vaughn | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 17 | 594 | 2.9% | 15 | 142 | 0 | 4.7 |
| Spradling | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 7 | 293 | 1.4% | 26 | 111 | 1 | 5.5 |
| Fahey | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 5 | 139 | 0.7% | 24 | 55 | 3 | 6.7 |
| Sealander | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 2 | 97 | 0.5% | 49 | 96 | 0 | – |
| Masur | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 4 | 77 | 0.4% | 5 | 65 | 0 | – |
| Kern | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 46 | 0.2% | 46 | 46 | 0 | – |
| Unidentified | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 6 | 43 | 0.2% | 6 | 19 | 0 | – |
| Merrill | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 3 | 43 | 0.2% | 5 | 36 | 0 | – |
| Camann | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 37 | 0.2% | 37 | 37 | 0 | – |
| Kilminster | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 18 | 0.1% | 18 | 18 | 0 | – |
| Candidates | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
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- Moderators
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- Listing date
- June 03, 2007