Primary · Democratic · 30 July 2019
Democratic Candidates Debate in Detroit, Michigan: Group 1
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Speaking turns
570
25,272 words transcribed
Candidates' share
84%
10 candidates
Moderators' share
16%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
18
27 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
Share of words
A stand-in for talk time.
- Warren11.5%67 turns
- Sanders10.6%45 turns
- Buttigieg10.1%26 turns
- Klobuchar8.3%29 turns
- Bullock8.3%25 turns
- O'Rourke7.7%22 turns
- Tapper7.7%115 turns
- Delaney7.6%38 turns
- Ryan7.0%20 turns
- Williamson6.9%17 turns
- Hickenlooper6.3%16 turns
- Lemon4.4%71 turns
- Bash3.5%78 turns
- Audience0.0%1 turn
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | Candidates | 67 | 2,914 | 11.5% | 7 | 263 | 0 | 5.1 |
| Sanders | Candidates | 45 | 2,686 | 10.6% | 38 | 224 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Buttigieg | Candidates | 26 | 2,561 | 10.1% | 91 | 284 | 2 | 8.4 |
| Klobuchar | Candidates | 29 | 2,094 | 8.3% | 14 | 246 | 2 | 5.9 |
| Bullock | Candidates | 25 | 2,090 | 8.3% | 91 | 230 | 0 | 6.4 |
| O'Rourke | Candidates | 22 | 1,957 | 7.7% | 99 | 232 | 1 | 9.8 |
| Tapper | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 115 | 1,946 | 7.7% | 5 | 142 | 2 | 6.1 |
| Delaney | Candidates | 38 | 1,916 | 7.6% | 12 | 210 | 2 | 6.2 |
| Ryan | Candidates | 20 | 1,765 | 7.0% | 91 | 217 | 4 | 6.6 |
| Williamson | Candidates | 17 | 1,741 | 6.9% | 12 | 348 | 2 | 8.5 |
| Hickenlooper | Candidates | 16 | 1,591 | 6.3% | 106 | 213 | 2 | 7.3 |
| Lemon | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 71 | 1,117 | 4.4% | 7 | 78 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Bash | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 78 | 893 | 3.5% | 4 | 89 | 1 | 6.4 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
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- Participants
- Governor Steve Bullock (MT); Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend, IN); Former Representative John Delaney (MD-6); Former Governor John Hickenlooper (CO); Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN); Former Representative Beto O'Rourke (TX-16); Representative Tim Ryan (OH-17); Senator Bernie Sanders (VT); Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA); and; Marianne Williamson
- Moderators
- Dana Bash (CNN); Don Lemon (CNN); and; Jake Tapper (CNN)
- Listing date
- July 30, 2019