Number of words spoken by Democratic Party candidates on the second televised debate of the 2020 election campaign in the United States on July 30 and 31, 2019
Characteristic
Number of words spoken
Joe Biden
3,819
Kamala Harris
3,186
Elizabeth Warren
2,805
Pete Buttigieg
2,651
Bernie Sanders
2,642
Cory Brooker
2,155
Amy Klobuchar
2,043
Kirsten Gillibrand
2,012
Julián Castro
2,000
Beto O'Rourke
1,930
Tulsi Gabbard
1,817
John Delaney
1,815
Steve Bullock
1,804
Tim Ryan
1,770
Michael Bennet
1,740
Jay Inslee
1,731
Bill de Blasio
1,724
Andrew Yang
1,710
Marianne Williamson
1,637
John Hickenlooper
1,570
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The candidate who spoke the most during the second Democratic TV debate in the United States was Joe Biden, who uttered a total of 3,819 words across both nights. Kamala Harris ranked second, followed by Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. Biden also spoke the most during the first debate, followed by Cory Booker.
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FiveThirtyEight. (August 1, 2019). Number of words spoken by Democratic Party candidates on the second televised debate of the 2020 election campaign in the United States on July 30 and 31, 2019 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/1037438/democrats-word-count-second-tv-debate-us/
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Number of words spoken by Democratic Party candidates on the second televised debate of the 2020 election campaign in the United States on July 30 and 31, 2019 [Graph], FiveThirtyEight, August 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1037438/democrats-word-count-second-tv-debate-us/
