Primary · Republican · 9 October 2007

Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of Michigan in Dearborn

Speaking turns

362

20,766 words transcribed

Candidates' share

85%

9 candidates

Moderators' share

15%

moderators, panellists, questioners

Crosstalk markers

36 turns end on a dash

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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 Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at the University of Michigan in Dearborn
Speaker	Role	Turns	Words	Share	Median turn	Longest	Ends on a dash	Reading grade
Romney	Candidates	26	3,080	14.8%	85	411	8	8.3
Thompson	Candidates	34	2,930	14.1%	45	292	1	6.9
Giuliani	Candidates	38	2,920	14.1%	64	294	8	6.4
McCain	Candidates	19	2,087	10.1%	100	301	0	9.0
Huckabee	Candidates	14	1,662	8.0%	124	316	3	9.3
Matthews	Moderators, panellists and questioners	105	1,570	7.6%	5	100	5	5.2
Brownback	Candidates	17	1,541	7.4%	82	298	1	6.7
Tancredo	Candidates	13	1,450	7.0%	95	281	2	7.4
Paul	Candidates	11	1,070	5.2%	55	314	1	7.2
Bartiromo	Moderators, panellists and questioners	62	1,027	4.9%	13	55	2	6.4
Hunter	Candidates	10	1,002	4.8%	83	292	2	9.0
Harwood	Moderators, panellists and questioners	9	304	1.5%	23	75	1	8.7
Seib	Moderators, panellists and questioners	2	116	0.6%	58	64	0	6.6
Unidentified	Audience, recorded clips and unidentified	2	7	0.0%	4	6	2	–

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