Primary · Democratic · 4 December 2007

Democratic Candidates' Radio Debate in Des Monies, Iowa

Speaking turns

300

18,420 words transcribed

Candidates' share

77%

7 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

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 Democratic Candidates' Radio Debate in Des Monies, Iowa
Speaker	Role	Turns	Words	Share	Median turn	Longest	Reading grade
Moderator	Moderators, panellists and questioners	141	3,738	20.3%	12	205	6.4
Edwards	Candidates	34	2,889	15.7%	91	239	9.1
Clinton	Candidates	22	2,647	14.4%	128	216	9.4
Obama	Candidates	22	2,600	14.1%	117	277	9.2
Dodd	Candidates	21	2,134	11.6%	56	330	8.7
Biden	Candidates	26	1,816	9.9%	42	243	5.6
Kucinich	Candidates	14	1,443	7.8%	119	178	8.5
Gravel	Candidates	10	620	3.4%	26	192	5.4
Recorded clips	Audience, recorded clips and unidentified	4	270	1.5%	62	100	7.0
Questioners	Moderators, panellists and questioners	5	257	1.4%	45	84	10.0
Mdoerator	Moderators, panellists and questioners	1	6	0.0%	6	6	–

The notebook's own Participants and Moderators fields, reproduced exactly by the TypeScript port.