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  • Talking the Talk

    Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 10:35 AM | By Chadwick Matlin

    Using data from the indispensable New York Times’ debate analyzer , I crunched some word-per-second numbers from last night’s debate. Dodd talks faster than Biden and Richardson speaks the slowest of all. Clinton and Obama’s cadences, meanwhile, are in sync.

    Talker Words Seconds of talk Words/sec




    Moderators 4131 1435 2.88
    Audience 719 304 2.37
    Biden 1906 586 3.25
    Clinton 2944 953 3.09
    Dodd 1564 446 3.51
    Edwards 2010 627 3.21
    Kucinich 1119 355 3.15
    Obama 3339 1081 3.09
    Richardson 2199 838 2.62

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