Primary · Democratic · 15 March 2020
Democratic Candidates Debate in Washington, DC
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Speaking turns
331
19,448 words transcribed
Candidates' share
88%
2 candidates
Moderators' share
12%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
9
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.
- Biden46.3%113 turns
- Sanders41.6%122 turns
- Tapper5.7%38 turns
- Bash3.6%32 turns
- Calderon2.5%25 turns
- Questioners0.4%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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biden | Candidates | 113 | 9,005 | 46.3% | 10 | 610 | 0 | 5.8 |
| Sanders | Candidates | 122 | 8,081 | 41.6% | 17 | 348 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Tapper | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 38 | 1,100 | 5.7% | 22 | 191 | 0 | 7.4 |
| Bash | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 32 | 696 | 3.6% | 12 | 87 | 0 | 6.9 |
| Calderon | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 25 | 495 | 2.5% | 8 | 55 | 0 | 7.8 |
| Questioners | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 1 | 71 | 0.4% | 71 | 71 | 0 | – |
As the 2025 scraper split it
The notebook's own Participants and Moderators fields, reproduced exactly by the TypeScript port.
- Participants
- Former Vice President Joseph Biden; and; Senator Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Moderators
- Dana Bash (CNN); Ilia Calderón (Univision); and; Jake Tapper (CNN)
- Listing date
- March 15, 2020