Primary · Republican · 27 September 2023
Republican Candidates Debate in Simi Valley, California
Full transcript: The American Presidency Project (opens The American Presidency Project in a new tab)
Speaking turns
430
17,343 words transcribed
Candidates' share
78%
7 candidates
Moderators' share
22%
moderators, panellists, questioners
Crosstalk markers
67
53 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.
- DeSantis13.8%35 turns
- Ramaswamy12.4%70 turns
- Perino11.3%75 turns
- Haley11.1%48 turns
- Christie10.3%17 turns
- Pence10.2%30 turns
- Scott10.2%52 turns
- Burgum10.0%21 turns
- Varney5.9%49 turns
- Calderon4.5%29 turns
- Audience0.1%4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeSantis | Candidates | 35 | 2,399 | 13.8% | 10 | 257 | 6 | 5.4 |
| Ramaswamy | Candidates | 70 | 2,157 | 12.4% | 10 | 306 | 15 | 5.9 |
| Perino | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 75 | 1,961 | 11.3% | 8 | 168 | 9 | 5.6 |
| Haley | Candidates | 48 | 1,933 | 11.1% | 9 | 315 | 2 | 5.0 |
| Christie | Candidates | 17 | 1,791 | 10.3% | 38 | 305 | 4 | 5.8 |
| Pence | Candidates | 30 | 1,777 | 10.2% | 15 | 221 | 2 | 7.6 |
| Scott | Candidates | 52 | 1,766 | 10.2% | 7 | 248 | 8 | 5.7 |
| Burgum | Candidates | 21 | 1,735 | 10.0% | 13 | 359 | 3 | 7.2 |
| Varney | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 49 | 1,016 | 5.9% | 8 | 72 | 3 | 6.7 |
| Calderon | Moderators, panellists and questioners | 29 | 788 | 4.5% | 16 | 79 | 1 | 6.6 |
| Audience | Audience, recorded clips and unidentified | 4 | 20 | 0.1% | 4 | 12 | 0 | – |
As the 2025 scraper split it
The notebook's own Participants and Moderators fields, reproduced exactly by the TypeScript port.
- Participants
- Governor Doug Burgum (ND); Former Governor Chris Christie (NJ); Governor Ron DeSantis (FL); Former Governor Nikki Haley (SC); Former Vice President Mike Pence; Vivek Ramaswamy; Senator Tim Scott (SC)
- Moderators
- Ilia Calderon (Univision); Dana Perino (Fox News); and; Stuart Varney (Fox Business)
- Listing date
- September 27, 2023