Once again it was the Rick Perry & Mitt Romney show. Hogging up nearly 14 minutes and nearly 11 minutes respectively, the nearest talking time was Congresswoman Michele Bachmann with 8:35. Largely due to so many attacks on him, CNN gave no shortage of time to Rick Perry for response, and in many cases CNN actually initiated the back 'n forth. The case will probably be made that this was for the sake of continuing story-lines currently in the news cycle, but it is quite odd that in continuing news cycles that when the Federal Reserve is brought up for discussion that Santorum, Cain, Bachmann, Perry and Romney were all questioned, leaving out the one person in politics who is actually responsible for bringing the Federal Reserve out of the closet of secrecy: Ron Paul.
Oddly, the feedback loop continues since the talk time was given to the perceived frontrunners which will likely result in showing their highlights and discussing how they dominated the debate while everyone else was strangely absent. Perhaps it is time for a more forum-oriented national discussion, maybe half in actual forum with extended time-allotments and the other half in direct debates. I, for one, would love an entire debate where the candidates moderate. Can't be worse than this.
Here are the statistics:
Talking Time (mm:ss):
Perry | 13:54 |
Romney | 10:56 |
Ron Paul | 07:34 |
Bachmann | 08:35 |
Newt | 07:32 |
Cain | 05:42 |
Santorum | 07:06 |
Huntsman | 07:50 |
Total | 1:09:09 |
% of Total Talking Time:
Perry | 20.10% |
Romney | 15.81% |
Ron Paul | 10.94% |
Bachmann | 12.41% |
Newt | 10.89% |
Cain | 8.24% |
Santorum | 10.27% |
Huntsman | 11.33% |
# Turns Talking:
Perry | 18 |
Romney | 10 |
Ron Paul | 7 |
Bachmann | 8 |
Newt | 5 |
Cain | 6 |
Santorum | 7 |
Huntsman | 7 |
Avg Time Between Turns:
Perry | 02:37 |
Romney | 04:40 |
Ron Paul | 07:19 |
Bachmann | 06:29 |
Newt | 09:44 |
Cain | 08:45 |
Santorum | 06:30 |
Huntsman | 07:19 |
As for platform time, Cain was robbed with only speaking 5 minutes and 42 seconds; Newt didn't get to address too many topics. Speaking of which...
Topics / Discussion Time:
Opening Comments | 02:15 |
Social Security | 10:21 |
Budget / Debt | 05:23 |
Economy | 12:53 |
Federal Reserve | 04:27 |
Taxes | 04:11 |
Executive Orders | 05:23 |
Healthcare / Insurance | 06:57 |
Immigration | 08:22 |
Energy Independence | 00:52 |
Defense Spending | 02:39 |
Foreign Policy | 03:46 |
Personal Question | 01:40 |
The economy and Social Security dominating the discussion. Overall, covering a gamut of topics.
There you have it, statistically.
3 comments:
Fantastic work!
Really great work. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks guys, stay tuned for more analysis as the debates rage on.
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