Despite being shorter than some of the other debates, it was a long night for Biden and Sanders, who spoke more than twice as much as they did at any other debate, perhaps a consequence of being the only two candidates on tonight’s stage.
Biden and Sanders spoke much more than in prior debates
Number of words spoken by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders in each Democratic debate
| Debate | Biden | Sanders | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2,475 | 1,676 | ||
| 2nd | 3,819 | 2,642 | ||
| 3rd | 3,361 | 1,891 | ||
| 4th | 3,064 | 2,085 | ||
| 5th | 2,273 | 1,836 | ||
| 6th | 2,869 | 2,891 | ||
| 7th | 3,178 | 2,824 | ||
| 8th | 3,990 | 3,102 | ||
| 9th | 2,453 | 2,536 | ||
| 10th | 2,595 | 2,333 | ||
| 11th | 9,010 | 8,533 |