Primary · Republican · 13 June 2011
Republican Candidates Debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire
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Speaking turns
319
21,112 words transcribed
Candidates' share
64%
7 candidates
Moderators' share
36%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
4
3 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
5 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.
- King27.4%137 turns
- Pawlenty10.5%22 turns
- Romney10.4%26 turns
- Santorum9.4%17 turns
- Paul9.4%18 turns
- Gingrich8.5%15 turns
- Bachmann7.9%18 turns
- Cain7.7%23 turns
- Distaso1.9%7 turns
- Vaughn1.8%8 turns
- McElveen1.7%7 turns
- Questioners0.9%7 turns
- Mackin0.7%3 turns
- Fahey0.6%4 turns
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 137 | 5,789 | 27.4% | 27 | 244 | 0 | 5.4 |
| Pawlenty | Candidates | 22 | 2,227 | 10.5% | 78 | 248 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Romney | Candidates | 26 | 2,193 | 10.4% | 70 | 243 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Santorum | Candidates | 17 | 1,982 | 9.4% | 137 | 252 | 0 | 7.9 |
| Paul | Candidates | 18 | 1,982 | 9.4% | 88 | 224 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Gingrich | Candidates | 15 | 1,786 | 8.5% | 119 | 254 | 0 | 8.6 |
| Bachmann | Candidates | 18 | 1,658 | 7.9% | 62 | 290 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Cain | Candidates | 23 | 1,634 | 7.7% | 89 | 149 | 1 | 6.6 |
| Distaso | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 7 | 407 | 1.9% | 56 | 99 | 0 | 7.7 |
| Vaughn | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 8 | 375 | 1.8% | 36 | 139 | 1 | 4.7 |
| McElveen | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 7 | 358 | 1.7% | 62 | 86 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Questioners | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 7 | 195 | 0.9% | 34 | 63 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Mackin | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 3 | 157 | 0.7% | 47 | 75 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Fahey | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 4 | 137 | 0.6% | 35 | 42 | 0 | 5.2 |
| Pfaff | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 2 | 122 | 0.6% | 61 | 120 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Foreman | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 43 | 0.2% | 43 | 43 | 0 | – |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 2 | 25 | 0.1% | 13 | 23 | 0 | – |
| Brown | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 23 | 0.1% | 23 | 23 | 0 | – |
| Patinsky | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 19 | 0.1% | 19 | 19 | 0 | – |
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- Listing date
- June 13, 2011