Primary · Republican · 5 September 2007
Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham
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Speaking turns
220
16,416 words transcribed
Candidates' share
75%
8 candidates
Moderators' share
25%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
2
18 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
3 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.
- Romney14.9%18 turns
- Giuliani13.9%15 turns
- McCain9.8%14 turns
- Wallace8.9%28 turns
- Brownback8.6%11 turns
- Huckabee7.9%11 turns
- Paul7.1%15 turns
- Hunter6.4%11 turns
- Tancredo5.9%6 turns
- Hume5.7%50 turns
- Goler5.4%24 turns
- Cameron2.8%8 turns
- Riss1.0%1 turn
- Rogers0.9%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romney | Candidates | 18 | 2,447 | 14.9% | 156 | 270 | 3 | 7.7 |
| Giuliani | Candidates | 15 | 2,278 | 13.9% | 197 | 263 | 1 | 7.5 |
| McCain | Candidates | 14 | 1,613 | 9.8% | 148 | 213 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Wallace | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 28 | 1,469 | 8.9% | 46 | 128 | 0 | 8.5 |
| Brownback | Candidates | 11 | 1,407 | 8.6% | 144 | 269 | 4 | 7.8 |
| Huckabee | Candidates | 11 | 1,303 | 7.9% | 103 | 241 | 2 | 9.6 |
| Paul | Candidates | 15 | 1,169 | 7.1% | 37 | 221 | 3 | 7.8 |
| Hunter | Candidates | 11 | 1,058 | 6.4% | 85 | 228 | 1 | 7.6 |
| Tancredo | Candidates | 6 | 963 | 5.9% | 217 | 263 | 0 | 7.9 |
| Hume | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 50 | 943 | 5.7% | 8 | 232 | 4 | 4.1 |
| Goler | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 24 | 880 | 5.4% | 34 | 77 | 0 | 8.4 |
| Cameron | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 8 | 452 | 2.8% | 47 | 150 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Riss | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 171 | 1.0% | 171 | 171 | 0 | 7.4 |
| Rogers | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 147 | 0.9% | 147 | 147 | 0 | 3.0 |
| Questioners | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 2 | 89 | 0.5% | 45 | 53 | 0 | – |
| Turcotte | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 21 | 0.1% | 21 | 21 | 0 | – |
| Unidentified | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 4 | 6 | 0.0% | 1 | 5 | 0 | – |
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- Moderators
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- Listing date
- September 05, 2007