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JR asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 9 years ago

In the vp debate, which candidate spoke longer?

Provide some sort of reference, please.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    Total speaking time during the 90-minute debate (by CNN's count): Joe Biden: 41 minutes, 32 seconds; Paul Ryan: 40 minutes, 12 seconds.

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/10/11/...

  • 9 years ago

    BIDEN BY ONE MINUTE CNN HAD A CLOCK

    I think it was a good debate. They both got their points in so on substance they tied. On the other part someone should have taken Biden's laughing gas away. He continued to laugh as that is supposed to be a good debate style Biden lost on style. He lost on being rude. Now that is being honest but then again no one cares what the vice president says and why did they not talk about the economy.

    Ryan was the senior statesman and Biden acted like he was angry and yelled a lot.

    CNN ORC poll 48% ryan 44% biden

    Proverb 29:9: "If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet."

  • 9 years ago

    Who cares, A CBS/GFK Knowledge Panel poll of a scientifically selected sample of 500 uncommitted voters found that 50% thought Biden won and 31% thought Ryan won. 85% thought Biden was more knowledgeable, compared to 75% for Ryan. Romney had an advantage because he has debated almost two dozen times in this elections primaries and Obama had not debated since 2008. In the VP debate Biden had more debate experience.

  • yorke
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Snap polls on vice chairman Debate. CNN says Ryan gained. Ryan 40 8% vs. Biden 40 4% CNBC says Ryan gained. Ryan fifty 3% vs. Biden 40-one% GOP already has commercials working featuring clips from the debate. appears like Biden misplaced to me.

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  • 9 years ago

    Do you count when an answer is being given and the opponent talks over it? I would say Ryan gave more complete answers, but Biden used the old trick of talking over him or interrupting him. Ryan may have gotten an extra thirty seconds to a minute in answers, but Biden spent that time interrupting, so it came out pretty close to even.

  • 9 years ago

    I heard some people quoting that Ryan spoke 2 minutes more. I have no reference beyond YA!.... not reliable.

    - mk, I bow to the man with a link... Biden spoke a little over a minute more.

  • Gary X
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    to be honest, i feel like they both spoke a good amount, just that biden seemed like he was saying more, because ryan was saying the same thing OVER and OVER again... and that is,

    WE WILL CUT 5 trillion dollars SOMEHOW in a complex way you and everyone else will never understand, just electe me and we'll take you to dream land.

    biden was calling ryan/romney out on their magical plan to cut the debt. i gues he was being rude at some point, but im hella glad that someone had the balls to call them out of their bluffs.

    that pretty much sum of the entire debate.

  • 9 years ago

    Biden by about 4 mins. per Fox....

  • Tony
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    biden ,he interrupted 89 times

  • 9 years ago

    Hard to tell check out transcript

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