Primary · Democratic · 15 October 2019
Democratic Candidates Debate in Westerville, Ohio
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Speaking turns
518
31,412 words transcribed
Candidates' share
87%
12 candidates
Moderators' share
13%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
21
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.
- Warren11.6%54 turns
- Biden9.8%32 turns
- O'Rourke8.2%25 turns
- Buttigieg8.2%29 turns
- Klobuchar8.2%21 turns
- Booker7.2%16 turns
- Harris7.1%21 turns
- Sanders6.5%29 turns
- Cooper6.2%108 turns
- Yang5.7%12 turns
- Castro5.3%11 turns
- Gabbard4.8%13 turns
- Steyer4.1%8 turns
- Burnett3.7%75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | Candidates | 54 | 3,649 | 11.6% | 30 | 273 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Biden | Candidates | 32 | 3,077 | 9.8% | 47 | 331 | 0 | 5.4 |
| O'Rourke | Candidates | 25 | 2,584 | 8.2% | 82 | 295 | 0 | 9.3 |
| Buttigieg | Candidates | 29 | 2,581 | 8.2% | 21 | 292 | 0 | 8.4 |
| Klobuchar | Candidates | 21 | 2,571 | 8.2% | 163 | 313 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Booker | Candidates | 16 | 2,262 | 7.2% | 154 | 393 | 0 | 8.2 |
| Harris | Candidates | 21 | 2,237 | 7.1% | 32 | 321 | 0 | 7.3 |
| Sanders | Candidates | 29 | 2,036 | 6.5% | 15 | 281 | 0 | 7.5 |
| Cooper | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 108 | 1,947 | 6.2% | 6 | 159 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Yang | Candidates | 12 | 1,793 | 5.7% | 164 | 342 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Castro | Candidates | 11 | 1,667 | 5.3% | 170 | 274 | 0 | 8.8 |
| Gabbard | Candidates | 13 | 1,503 | 4.8% | 109 | 308 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Steyer | Candidates | 8 | 1,299 | 4.1% | 205 | 270 | 0 | 9.1 |
| Burnett | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 75 | 1,172 | 3.7% | 7 | 85 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Lacey | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 59 | 1,011 | 3.2% | 7 | 102 | 0 | 6.2 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 5 | 23 | 0.1% | 5 | 6 | 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; Representative Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2); Senator Kamala Harris (CA); Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN); Former Representative Beto O'Rourke (TX-16); Senator Bernie Sanders (VT); Tom Steyer; Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA); and; Andrew Yang
- Moderators
- Erin Burnett (CNN); Anderson Cooper (CNN); and; Marc Lacey (The New York Times)
- Listing date
- October 15, 2019