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Geoffrey Skelley

Klobuchar name-checks Obama when talking about her support for the public option. The former president is probably the most popular figure in the party to this day.

Galen Druke

Beto just made a polling based argument. He is correct. The majority of Americans support a public option for medicare, not the elimination of private insurance.

Annette Choi

Warren is also making big strides in words spoken early in the game.

Who held the floor on night one?

Number of words spoken by candidates participating in night one of the second Democratic debate, as of 8:35 p.m. Tuesday

Candidate Words Spoken
Elizabeth Warren 461
Beto O’Rourke 369
John Delaney 366
Steve Bullock 341
Pete Buttigieg 334
Bernie Sanders 333
Marianne Williamson 206
Amy Klobuchar 191
John Hickenlooper 176
Tim Ryan 163

Excludes words spoken in Spanish

Source: Debate Transcript via ABC News


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