Primary · Democratic · 26 June 2019
Democratic Candidates Debate in Miami, Florida: Group 1
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Speaking turns
528
20,030 words transcribed
Candidates' share
75%
10 candidates
Moderators' share
24%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
8
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.
Share of words
A stand-in for talk time.
- Booker11.1%24 turns
- O'Rourke10.1%36 turns
- Todd8.6%102 turns
- Klobuchar8.1%25 turns
- Warren7.9%29 turns
- Castro7.7%31 turns
- Ryan6.9%36 turns
- Delaney6.6%34 turns
- Gabbard6.2%17 turns
- de Blasio6.0%19 turns
- Holt5.3%51 turns
- Inslee4.5%7 turns
- Maddow4.4%42 turns
- Guthrie4.1%37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booker | Candidates | 24 | 2,229 | 11.1% | 94 | 223 | 0 | 8.8 |
| O'Rourke | Candidates | 36 | 2,017 | 10.1% | 14 | 271 | 0 | 8.2 |
| Todd | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 102 | 1,729 | 8.6% | 4 | 141 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Klobuchar | Candidates | 25 | 1,618 | 8.1% | 19 | 211 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Warren | Candidates | 29 | 1,577 | 7.9% | 8 | 203 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Castro | Candidates | 31 | 1,548 | 7.7% | 12 | 173 | 0 | 8.8 |
| Ryan | Candidates | 36 | 1,380 | 6.9% | 9 | 227 | 0 | 5.8 |
| Delaney | Candidates | 34 | 1,323 | 6.6% | 12 | 233 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Gabbard | Candidates | 17 | 1,244 | 6.2% | 30 | 192 | 0 | 8.5 |
| de Blasio | Candidates | 19 | 1,192 | 6.0% | 7 | 289 | 0 | 8.6 |
| Holt | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 51 | 1,056 | 5.3% | 9 | 109 | 0 | 5.1 |
| Inslee | Candidates | 7 | 898 | 4.5% | 158 | 221 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Maddow | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 42 | 882 | 4.4% | 4 | 122 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Guthrie | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 37 | 818 | 4.1% | 12 | 77 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Diaz-Balart | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 26 | 404 | 2.0% | 6 | 114 | 0 | 5.2 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 12 | 115 | 0.6% | 4 | 70 | 0 | 8.2 |
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- Participants
- Senator Cory Booker (NJ); Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro; Mayor Bill de Blasio (New York City); Former Representative John Delaney (MD-6); Representative Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2); Governor Jay Inslee (WA); Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN); Former Representative Beto O'Rourke (TX-16); Representative Tim Ryan (OH-17); and; Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Moderators
- José Díaz-Balart (Telemundo); Savannah Guthrie (NBC News); Lester Holt (NBC News); Rachel Maddow (MSNBC); and; Chuck Todd (NBC News)
- Listing date
- June 26, 2019