In a primary debate crammed with ten people, the candidates were bound to wrestle over precious few minutes to be heard on Wednesday night.
FiveThirtyEight’s transcript analysis found that Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) made the most of the debate, followed by former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), then Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
MSNBC host Chuck Todd, one of the debate moderators, spoke more words than Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Julián Castro, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), former Rep. John Delaney (D-MD), New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), according to FiveThirtyEight’s analysis.
However, Todd dealt with some technical difficulties during the debate, forcing him to speak to the control room and ask the same question several times, which likely contributed to him getting in more words than many of the candidates
Cory Booker, Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Julian Castro spoke *a lot* relative to their standing in the polls. Elizabeth Warren, who was the polling leader on stage last night, got fewer words than her standing would imply. https://t.co/rbttRGllU3 pic.twitter.com/z5rwA8NBP3
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 27, 2019
According to FUX News, the ones in Español apparently don’t count…
…the ones in Español apparently don’t count…
Perhaps not so extreme – 3/5 of a word seems like a reasonable compromise.
not sure word count matters as much as what they said. i’d be more interested in who got more questions from the Mods
… before turning the conversation to which meal the candidates most prefer.
Is it just me or is it long past time Chuckie Toad is hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar and stored on Funk & Wagnalls’ front doorstep until he’s needed as a question to one of Carnak the Magnificent’s answers?