Primary · Republican · 16 September 2015
Republican Candidates Debate in Simi Valley, California
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Speaking turns
721
33,766 words transcribed
Candidates' share
83%
11 candidates
Moderators' share
17%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
28
35 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.
Share of words
A stand-in for talk time.
- Tapper13.5%221 turns
- Trump12.2%105 turns
- Bush9.6%64 turns
- Rubio9.3%29 turns
- Christie7.7%28 turns
- Fiorina7.4%51 turns
- Paul6.8%35 turns
- Carson6.7%28 turns
- Kasich6.7%32 turns
- Walker6.1%30 turns
- Huckabee5.5%19 turns
- Cruz5.1%25 turns
- Hewitt2.0%24 turns
- Bash1.4%28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tapper | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 221 | 4,569 | 13.5% | 6 | 337 | 2 | 5.3 |
| Trump | Candidates | 105 | 4,110 | 12.2% | 10 | 264 | 7 | 4.8 |
| Bush | Candidates | 64 | 3,245 | 9.6% | 13 | 315 | 10 | 6.5 |
| Rubio | Candidates | 29 | 3,144 | 9.3% | 96 | 293 | 0 | 7.7 |
| Christie | Candidates | 28 | 2,592 | 7.7% | 49 | 282 | 1 | 6.5 |
| Fiorina | Candidates | 51 | 2,501 | 7.4% | 15 | 270 | 7 | 6.4 |
| Paul | Candidates | 35 | 2,293 | 6.8% | 24 | 244 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Carson | Candidates | 28 | 2,255 | 6.7% | 71 | 249 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Kasich | Candidates | 32 | 2,250 | 6.7% | 42 | 290 | 2 | 6.2 |
| Walker | Candidates | 30 | 2,061 | 6.1% | 15 | 268 | 2 | 6.4 |
| Huckabee | Candidates | 19 | 1,846 | 5.5% | 62 | 258 | 2 | 7.5 |
| Cruz | Candidates | 25 | 1,719 | 5.1% | 26 | 199 | 2 | 8.2 |
| Hewitt | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 24 | 680 | 2.0% | 7 | 125 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Bash | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 28 | 477 | 1.4% | 8 | 65 | 0 | 5.1 |
| Unidentified | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 1 | 20 | 0.1% | 20 | 20 | 0 | – |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 1 | 4 | 0.0% | 4 | 4 | 0 | – |
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- Listing date
- September 16, 2015