What Went Down On Night Two Of The Second Democratic Debate
A little under an hour into the night, and Harris is pulling ahead in words spoken.
Who held the floor on night two?
Number of words spoken by candidates participating in night two of the second Democratic debate, as of 8:46 p.m. Wednesday
| Candidate | Words Spoken | |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala Harris | 1,175 | |
| Joe Biden | 625 | |
| Michael Bennet | 446 | |
| Cory Booker | 425 | |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | 416 | |
| Jay Inslee | 363 | |
| Bill de Blasio | 355 | |
| Andrew Yang | 347 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 340 | |
| Julián Castro | 304 |
In 2007 and 2008, Obama attacked Clinton from the right on health care, and refused to endorse an individual mandate. So the ultimate ACA was in some ways to the left of what Obama proposed during the campaign. It’s hard to imagine that some of these proposals are to the left of what will actually be implemented.
I agree with Rakich that intra-party debate is healthy for parties and policy. But I also concur with Galen that this is getting pretty far in the weeds. Principles, priorities — yes. But numbers make for hard-to-follow audio, and is probably a level of detail not suited for this format.