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What Went Down In The Fifth Democratic Debate
Here’s how much each candidate has spoken in the first hour of the debate:
Who’s holding the floor?
Number of words spoken by candidates participating in the fifth Democratic debate, as of 9:57 p.m. Wednesday
| Candidate | Words Spoken | |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Warren | 1,199 | |
| Amy Klobuchar | 1,096 | |
| Cory Booker | 945 | |
| Joe Biden | 929 | |
| Kamala Harris | 889 | |
| Bernie Sanders | 809 | |
| Pete Buttigieg | 781 | |
| Tom Steyer | 526 | |
| Andrew Yang | 463 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 412 |
It’s pretty ironic that the first debate to feature a substantive discussion of housing is the first debate to exclude the former secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
The conventional wisdom used to be that mayors weren’t credible presidential candidates. Now Booker seems more eager to talk about his experience as a mayor than his experience in the Senate.