Primary · Democratic · forum · 7 August 2007
AFL-CIO Democratic Presidential Candidates Forum at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois
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Speaking turns
205
15,203 words transcribed
Candidates' share
73%
7 candidates
Moderators' share
27%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
0
21 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
4 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.
- Olbermann21.3%99 turns
- Obama14.0%21 turns
- Clinton13.9%15 turns
- Dodd12.9%11 turns
- Edwards11.8%14 turns
- Kucinich8.2%14 turns
- Biden6.6%12 turns
- Richardson5.8%8 turns
- Three1.5%1 turn
- This0.6%1 turn
- Skvara0.6%1 turn
- Hamner0.5%1 turn
- McGovern0.5%1 turn
- Brown0.5%1 turn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olbermann | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 99 | 3,243 | 21.3% | 21 | 203 | 10 | 6.8 |
| Obama | Candidates | 21 | 2,125 | 14.0% | 113 | 314 | 5 | 9.1 |
| Clinton | Candidates | 15 | 2,106 | 13.9% | 145 | 308 | 2 | 8.1 |
| Dodd | Candidates | 11 | 1,965 | 12.9% | 178 | 291 | 1 | 9.8 |
| Edwards | Candidates | 14 | 1,789 | 11.8% | 145 | 318 | 1 | 8.1 |
| Kucinich | Candidates | 14 | 1,240 | 8.2% | 107 | 295 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Biden | Candidates | 12 | 997 | 6.6% | 68 | 199 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Richardson | Candidates | 8 | 886 | 5.8% | 104 | 211 | 1 | 8.9 |
| Three | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 226 | 1.5% | 226 | 226 | 0 | 6.3 |
| This | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 92 | 0.6% | 92 | 92 | 0 | – |
| Skvara | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 86 | 0.6% | 86 | 86 | 0 | – |
| Hamner | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 79 | 0.5% | 79 | 79 | 0 | – |
| McGovern | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 79 | 0.5% | 79 | 79 | 0 | – |
| Brown | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 70 | 0.5% | 70 | 70 | 0 | – |
| Janusiak | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 70 | 0.5% | 70 | 70 | 0 | – |
| Mulasano | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 2 | 59 | 0.4% | 30 | 47 | 0 | – |
| Flynn | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 58 | 0.4% | 58 | 58 | 0 | – |
| Two | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 33 | 0.2% | 33 | 33 | 0 | – |
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- August 07, 2007