Primary · Democratic · 23 July 2007

Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina

Speaking turns

410

19,835 words transcribed

Candidates' share

72%

8 candidates

Moderators' share

25%

moderators, panellists, questioners

Crosstalk markers

2 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 at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina
Speaker	Role	Turns	Words	Share	Median turn	Longest	Ends on a dash	Reading grade
Obama	Candidates	25	2,930	14.8%	115	272	0	8.7
Questioners	Moderators, panellists and questioners	36	2,668	13.5%	71	211	0	6.5
Cooper	Moderators, panellists and questioners	199	2,382	12.0%	8	157	1	5.3
Clinton	Candidates	27	2,315	11.7%	66	215	0	8.0
Edwards	Candidates	20	2,093	10.6%	103	300	0	7.3
Dodd	Candidates	24	1,998	10.1%	58	245	1	7.7
Biden	Candidates	18	1,465	7.4%	74	212	0	4.9
Richardson	Candidates	17	1,418	7.1%	93	170	0	6.3
Kucinich	Candidates	19	1,226	6.2%	47	223	0	6.9
Gravel	Candidates	17	806	4.1%	50	125	0	4.1
Recorded clips	Audience, recorded clips and unidentified	5	478	2.4%	87	161	0	4.3
Unidentified	Audience, recorded clips and unidentified	3	56	0.3%	21	26	0	–

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