Candidates spent 19 mins 56 secs talking about Military & Foreign Policy - the most time taken for a topic during the debate. 'Immigration', 'Planned Parenthood' & 'Taxes' were other topics discussed at length.
Donald Trump (4239 words) spoke the most followed by Jeb Bush (3369 words) and Rubio (3156 words) . Walker, Huckabee & Cruz spoke the least.
The 2nd debate hosted by CNN at Simi Valley, California was alive with a lot of interesting exchanges between the Republican candidates. Many say that 3 hours was too long a time for a debate, but given the number of candidates on stage Jake Tapper & his team did a commendable job. The visual below sumarises the topics discussed, the time taken for each topic & shows who was involved in each of the topics.
To find out which of the candidates were involved in a debate in a particular topic, hover over / tap on the bars or the themes themselves. Hovering over / Tapping on the candidates will show you the topics they were involved in during the debate.
Transcript Courtesy: The Washington Post