Primary · Republican · 21 October 2007

Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at the Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando

Speaking turns

140

13,236 words transcribed

Candidates' share

77%

8 candidates

Moderators' share

22%

moderators, panellists, questioners

Crosstalk markers

0 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

2 more speakers with very short contributions are left out of the chart but counted in the table below.

A stand-in for talk time.

Ticks are single turns; boxes span the middle half; the heavy bar is the median.

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Speakers in the Republican Presidential Candidates Debate at the Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando
Speaker	Role	Turns	Words	Share	Median turn	Longest	Reading grade
Romney	Candidates	15	2,352	17.8%	177	277	6.2
Giuliani	Candidates	13	1,729	13.1%	138	312	6.7
Thompson	Candidates	13	1,524	11.5%	102	356	5.8
Paul	Candidates	7	1,457	11.0%	223	284	7.1
Huckabee	Candidates	6	1,103	8.3%	217	235	7.1
McCain	Candidates	6	1,081	8.2%	178	222	6.5
Hume	Moderators, panellists and questioners	22	973	7.4%	17	254	6.7
Goler	Moderators, panellists and questioners	15	776	5.9%	33	123	7.7
Wallace	Moderators, panellists and questioners	20	666	5.0%	28	105	6.7
Tancredo	Candidates	3	646	4.9%	260	261	9.3
Cameron	Moderators, panellists and questioners	13	487	3.7%	47	81	8.5
Hunter	Candidates	2	276	2.1%	138	138	6.2
Recorded clips	Audience, recorded clips and unidentified	1	125	0.9%	125	125	11.2
Giulaini	Moderators, panellists and questioners	1	28	0.2%	28	28	–
Others	Moderators, panellists and questioners	1	11	0.1%	11	11	–
Audience	Audience, recorded clips and unidentified	2	2	0.0%	1	1	–

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