Primary · Republican · 5 June 2007
Republican 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
447
21,612 words transcribed
Candidates' share
76%
10 candidates
Moderators' share
24%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
2
48 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
5 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.
- Blitzer15.1%194 turns
- Giuliani12.1%35 turns
- Romney11.4%33 turns
- McCain10.2%24 turns
- Hunter7.8%19 turns
- Brownback6.9%30 turns
- Huckabee6.8%17 turns
- Gilmore6.1%11 turns
- Tancredo5.5%12 turns
- Paul5.2%14 turns
- Vaughn4.5%17 turns
- Thompson4.1%14 turns
- Spradling1.7%7 turns
- Fahey1.3%5 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 | 194 | 3,263 | 15.1% | 7 | 213 | 9 | 5.3 |
| Giuliani | Candidates | 35 | 2,607 | 12.1% | 32 | 341 | 10 | 7.3 |
| Romney | Candidates | 33 | 2,465 | 11.4% | 40 | 248 | 7 | 7.1 |
| McCain | Candidates | 24 | 2,213 | 10.2% | 114 | 231 | 3 | 7.4 |
| Hunter | Candidates | 19 | 1,685 | 7.8% | 63 | 254 | 4 | 8.0 |
| Brownback | Candidates | 30 | 1,485 | 6.9% | 17 | 195 | 4 | 6.6 |
| Huckabee | Candidates | 17 | 1,473 | 6.8% | 38 | 279 | 1 | 7.2 |
| Gilmore | Candidates | 11 | 1,311 | 6.1% | 140 | 265 | 2 | 8.6 |
| Tancredo | Candidates | 12 | 1,182 | 5.5% | 88 | 261 | 1 | 7.2 |
| Paul | Candidates | 14 | 1,117 | 5.2% | 64 | 186 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Vaughn | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 17 | 980 | 4.5% | 27 | 191 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Thompson | Candidates | 14 | 884 | 4.1% | 37 | 216 | 5 | 7.8 |
| Spradling | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 7 | 359 | 1.7% | 49 | 105 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Fahey | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 5 | 284 | 1.3% | 57 | 63 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Hall | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 3 | 112 | 0.5% | 2 | 109 | 0 | 5.3 |
| Kiernan | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 80 | 0.4% | 80 | 80 | 0 | – |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 1 | 51 | 0.2% | 51 | 51 | 0 | – |
| Unidentified | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 8 | 38 | 0.2% | 5 | 6 | 2 | – |
| Gargasz | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 2 | 23 | 0.1% | 12 | 22 | 0 | – |
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- Participants
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- Moderators
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- Listing date
- June 05, 2007