Primary · Democratic · 19 February 2020
Democratic Candidates Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada
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Speaking turns
442
19,176 words transcribed
Candidates' share
83%
6 candidates
Moderators' share
17%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
46
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
Share of words
A stand-in for talk time.
- Klobuchar15.3%45 turns
- Buttigieg14.3%46 turns
- Warren14.3%49 turns
- Biden13.7%36 turns
- Sanders13.1%57 turns
- Bloomberg12.5%49 turns
- Todd5.7%57 turns
- Holt4.9%38 turns
- Jackson3.2%36 turns
- Ralston1.5%6 turns
- Hauc1.5%22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klobuchar | Candidates | 45 | 2,935 | 15.3% | 24 | 271 | 0 | 5.4 |
| Buttigieg | Candidates | 46 | 2,745 | 14.3% | 19 | 253 | 0 | 7.9 |
| Warren | Candidates | 49 | 2,739 | 14.3% | 15 | 230 | 0 | 6.0 |
| Biden | Candidates | 36 | 2,630 | 13.7% | 11 | 272 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Sanders | Candidates | 57 | 2,507 | 13.1% | 17 | 178 | 0 | 6.8 |
| Bloomberg | Candidates | 49 | 2,395 | 12.5% | 12 | 256 | 0 | 4.9 |
| Todd | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 57 | 1,102 | 5.7% | 11 | 130 | 0 | 4.8 |
| Holt | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 38 | 935 | 4.9% | 8 | 235 | 0 | 5.4 |
| Jackson | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 36 | 615 | 3.2% | 7 | 79 | 0 | 7.0 |
| Ralston | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 6 | 294 | 1.5% | 33 | 122 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Hauc | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 22 | 279 | 1.5% | 4 | 73 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
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- Participants
- Former Vice President Jospeh Biden; Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg (New York City); Mayor Pete Buttigieg (South Bend, IN); Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN); Senator Bernie Sanders (VT); and; Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Moderators
- Vanessa Hauc (Telemundo); Lester Holt (NBC News); Hallie Jackson (NBC News); Jon Ralston (Nevada Independent); and; Chuck Todd (NBC News)
- Listing date
- February 19, 2020