Posted on 11/11/2015 8:53:23 AM PST by VinL
The fourth Republican presidential primary debate is in the books. Let's take a look at who got the most speaking time: [graph]--
For the first time this debate cycle, Ted Cruz got the most speaking time in the debate, with almost 13 minutes. In the first three debates, Donald Trump had the most speaking time twice, while Carly Fiorina got the most speaking time once.
Cruz got 15 percent of the total speaking time. Despite complaining early and often about not getting enough speaking time, John Kasich ended up with the second-most airtime. Kasich spoke for 12 minutes, with almost 14 percent of the total speaking time. Despite being second in the polls, Ben Carson got only 10.5 percent of the speaking time. He spoke for only nine minutes, even less than all the candidates in the undercard debate.
The average speaking time among the candidates was 10.9 minutes. Cruz, Kasich, Trump and Fiorina all spoke for more than their fair share of time, if you believe each candidate should have had equal time. (snip)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
There’s a graph at the site— perhaps someone could post it— Thanks.
I sure hope Kasich gets demoted to the kiddie table by the next debate. What an annoying guy!
I'd rather have Christie or Huckabee up on the main stage than Kasich. They at least contribute some worthwhile points to the conversation.
Thanks.
Very true. They each have their moments. The other 3-4%ers are just chaff.
The GOP needs Ohio. Get used to more Kasich, I’m afraid.
I missed the first part so I didn’t get to hear that much of Cruz. I thought Rubio got the most time. It is impossible to be 100% even. I thought they did a very good job overall.
BTW, the first debate was very good, too.
I loved it when Trump asked for someone to shut Snarly Carly up...that woman is a disgrace to ALL women and should be over on Hillary’s side...what a loser!!!
Having watched the debate I would not have expected Cruz to have had the most minutes.
I would have put Kasich or Rubio with the most minutes.
Kasich and FioRINO have to go! Actually the next debate should be top four or five, having all these candidates on the stage doesn’t make for a good debate, and there are some up there who don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting elected.
Yeah, frankly I think the entire process was unfair, They should not have let the polls decide participation. There were 17 people- then, 2 groups, 2 hours each. CNN ran 3 hours, why not four hours?
why was a no-shot loser like kasich given so much time?
i thought rubio and paul looked good
Nice chart. I thought FoxBusiness did the best job of anyone so far. Fair and Balanced, perhaps?
Cruz is climbing the learning curve steeply, despite his mini-gaffe of naming Commerce twice. He has learned to debate here in 30-45 second sound bites, with good intros that demand attention. Once he gets in a groove when he’s speaking, he is clear and authoritative - dare I say Presidential.
Well I agree with that. I was just talking about the events as presented. I agree with you that the polls should not decide participation, especially at this early stage.
They must only be counting the time allowed to each candidate when having a question specifically addressed to them. Kasich answered everyone else’s question, seemed like he was talking for half the time.
If I were an Ohioian, I’d be embarrassed to have that clown as my governor!
It looks like the average time was 12 minutes. So the 8 candidates spoke for 96 minutes with the remainder of the two hours allocated to questions by the moderators and commercials.
Our family in Ohio is not that fond of Kasich. Is he really popular there?
Our family in Ohio is not that fond of Kasich. Is he really popular there?
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