Primary · Democratic · 27 June 2019
Democratic Candidates Debate in Miami, Florida: Group 2
Full transcript: The American Presidency Project (opens The American Presidency Project in a new tab)
Speaking turns
566
19,460 words transcribed
Candidates' share
77%
10 candidates
Moderators' share
23%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
21
183 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.
- Biden13.3%43 turns
- Harris11.2%43 turns
- Sanders9.6%47 turns
- Buttigieg9.3%22 turns
- Gillibrand8.3%39 turns
- Bennet8.2%27 turns
- Todd6.0%88 turns
- Williamson5.5%25 turns
- Swalwell5.2%32 turns
- Holt4.6%44 turns
- Diaz-Balart4.5%45 turns
- Maddow4.2%41 turns
- Guthrie4.0%43 turns
- Hickenlooper3.8%11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biden | Candidates | 43 | 2,588 | 13.3% | 13 | 248 | 13 | 6.1 |
| Harris | Candidates | 43 | 2,182 | 11.2% | 10 | 247 | 18 | 7.9 |
| Sanders | Candidates | 47 | 1,869 | 9.6% | 9 | 163 | 21 | 9.7 |
| Buttigieg | Candidates | 22 | 1,813 | 9.3% | 32 | 262 | 6 | 8.3 |
| Gillibrand | Candidates | 39 | 1,624 | 8.3% | 6 | 245 | 17 | 8.6 |
| Bennet | Candidates | 27 | 1,593 | 8.2% | 10 | 264 | 9 | 8.2 |
| Todd | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 88 | 1,177 | 6.0% | 4 | 110 | 23 | 4.7 |
| Williamson | Candidates | 25 | 1,074 | 5.5% | 13 | 247 | 12 | 8.8 |
| Swalwell | Candidates | 32 | 1,016 | 5.2% | 7 | 209 | 15 | 6.2 |
| Holt | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 44 | 886 | 4.6% | 8 | 83 | 9 | 5.5 |
| Diaz-Balart | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 45 | 879 | 4.5% | 10 | 247 | 14 | 7.5 |
| Maddow | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 41 | 818 | 4.2% | 6 | 123 | 5 | 6.3 |
| Guthrie | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 43 | 780 | 4.0% | 8 | 124 | 10 | 6.0 |
| Hickenlooper | Candidates | 11 | 731 | 3.8% | 22 | 200 | 5 | 10.6 |
| Yang | Candidates | 7 | 404 | 2.1% | 37 | 158 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 9 | 26 | 0.1% | 1 | 11 | 6 | – |
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- Participants
- Senator Michael Bennet (CO); Former Vice President Jospeh Biden; Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend, IN); Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY); Senator Kamala Harris (CA); Former Governor John Hickenlooper (CO); Senator Bernie Sanders (VT); Representative Eric Swalwell (CA-15); Marianne Williamson; and; Andrew Yang
- Moderators
- José Díaz-Balart (Telemundo); Savannah Guthrie (NBC News); Lester Holt (NBC News); Rachel Maddow (MSNBC); and; Chuck Todd (NBC News)
- Listing date
- June 27, 2019