Primary · Democratic · 31 July 2019
Democratic Candidates Debate in Detroit, Michigan: Group 2
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Speaking turns
489
26,261 words transcribed
Candidates' share
86%
10 candidates
Moderators' share
14%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
11
11 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.
- Biden14.9%53 turns
- Harris12.5%47 turns
- Booker8.7%25 turns
- Gillibrand7.7%18 turns
- Castro7.5%17 turns
- de Blasio7.3%25 turns
- Gabbard7.1%15 turns
- Inslee7.0%22 turns
- Yang6.9%11 turns
- Bennet6.7%21 turns
- Tapper5.9%90 turns
- Bash4.2%74 turns
- Lemon3.5%60 turns
- Audience0.1%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 | 53 | 3,923 | 14.9% | 76 | 215 | 2 | 6.0 |
| Harris | Candidates | 47 | 3,274 | 12.5% | 22 | 341 | 1 | 8.1 |
| Booker | Candidates | 25 | 2,291 | 8.7% | 59 | 355 | 2 | 7.3 |
| Gillibrand | Candidates | 18 | 2,028 | 7.7% | 108 | 238 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Castro | Candidates | 17 | 1,965 | 7.5% | 120 | 214 | 0 | 7.7 |
| de Blasio | Candidates | 25 | 1,930 | 7.3% | 42 | 231 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Gabbard | Candidates | 15 | 1,871 | 7.1% | 132 | 264 | 0 | 9.9 |
| Inslee | Candidates | 22 | 1,835 | 7.0% | 39 | 259 | 3 | 6.1 |
| Yang | Candidates | 11 | 1,817 | 6.9% | 192 | 230 | 0 | 7.8 |
| Bennet | Candidates | 21 | 1,749 | 6.7% | 48 | 245 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Tapper | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 90 | 1,541 | 5.9% | 6 | 142 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Bash | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 74 | 1,110 | 4.2% | 6 | 84 | 1 | 5.6 |
| Lemon | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 60 | 913 | 3.5% | 8 | 122 | 2 | 6.4 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 11 | 14 | 0.1% | 0 | 6 | 0 | – |
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- Participants
- Senator Michael Bennet (CO); Former Vice President Jospeh Biden; Senator Cory Booker (NJ); Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro; Mayor Bill de Blasio (New York City); Representative Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2); Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY); Senator Kamala Harris (CA); Governor Jay Inslee (WA); and; Andrew Yang
- Moderators
- Dana Bash (CNN); Don Lemon (CNN); and; Jake Tapper (CNN)
- Listing date
- July 31, 2019