Primary · Democratic · 12 September 2019
Democratic Candidates Debate in Houston, Texas
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Speaking turns
327
26,915 words transcribed
Candidates' share
83%
10 candidates
Moderators' share
17%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
1
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
1 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.
- Biden12.5%43 turns
- Booker10.5%13 turns
- Warren9.7%20 turns
- Harris8.8%16 turns
- Castro7.7%21 turns
- Buttigieg7.7%12 turns
- Klobuchar7.2%15 turns
- Sanders7.0%17 turns
- O'Rourke6.3%10 turns
- Yang5.7%12 turns
- Muir5.5%25 turns
- Stephanopoulos5.1%63 turns
- Ramos3.1%26 turns
- Davis3.1%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biden | Candidates | 43 | 3,352 | 12.5% | 11 | 481 | 0 | 5.2 |
| Booker | Candidates | 13 | 2,815 | 10.5% | 233 | 389 | 0 | 8.4 |
| Warren | Candidates | 20 | 2,607 | 9.7% | 129 | 292 | 0 | 5.9 |
| Harris | Candidates | 16 | 2,376 | 8.8% | 133 | 365 | 0 | 7.4 |
| Castro | Candidates | 21 | 2,085 | 7.7% | 50 | 455 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Buttigieg | Candidates | 12 | 2,060 | 7.7% | 215 | 308 | 0 | 9.3 |
| Klobuchar | Candidates | 15 | 1,932 | 7.2% | 75 | 371 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Sanders | Candidates | 17 | 1,883 | 7.0% | 112 | 221 | 0 | 9.5 |
| O'Rourke | Candidates | 10 | 1,699 | 6.3% | 192 | 306 | 0 | 8.9 |
| Yang | Candidates | 12 | 1,543 | 5.7% | 160 | 255 | 0 | 7.4 |
| Muir | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 25 | 1,487 | 5.5% | 43 | 179 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Stephanopoulos | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 63 | 1,381 | 5.1% | 6 | 159 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Ramos | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 26 | 844 | 3.1% | 9 | 160 | 0 | 7.2 |
| Davis | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 28 | 837 | 3.1% | 6 | 113 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 6 | 14 | 0.1% | 2 | 5 | 0 | – |
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- Participants
- Former Vice President Jospeh Biden; Senator Cory Booker (NJ); Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend, IN); Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro; Senator Kamala Harris (CA); Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN); Former Representative Beto O'Rourke (TX-16); Senator Bernie Sanders (VT); Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA); and; Andrew Yang
- Moderators
- Linsey Davis (ABC News); David Muir (ABC News); Jorge Ramos (Univision); and; George Stephanopoulos (ABC News)
- Listing date
- September 12, 2019