Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Democratic Debate
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++ + How Long Each Candidate Spoke + + + + +
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+ Impeachment
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+ Electability
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+ Economic inequality
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+ Health care
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+ Party strategy
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+ Climate change
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+ Foreign policy
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+ Women’s issues
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+ Criminal justice
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+ Election reform
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+ Note: Each bar segment represents the length of a candidate’s response to a question.
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++ Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., had the most speaking time in the November Democratic presidential debate. Here are the issues that have gotten the most time at the debates before this one. +
++ The candidates spent the most time touting their own electability and plans to beat President Trump. Foreign policy and economic inequality each were discussed for more than 13 minutes, while climate change received about seven minutes of time. +
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