Game of Debates

Meera Parat, Vishal Disawar, Pranav Boopathy, Haocheng Zhang, Emily Chao

The goal of our visualization is to show the overall picture of the Republican and Democratic party primary debates.

Transcripts courtesy of the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, CBS News, and Time.

Talk-time data courtesy of Politico, InsideGov, NPR, CNN.

First Question

How much time do candidates get during a debate relative to other candidates?

Click on a news anchor's rectangle to filter results.

y-axis: The percentage of time they got to speak compared to everyone else

The Republicans

Number of Candidates

Date # Candidates

The Democrats

Number of Candidates

Date # Candidates

Second Question

What is the overall sentiment of each debate?

y-axis: The positive-negative score

The Republicans

The Democrats

Third Question(s)

What topics were talked about during each debate?

What was each candidate's general sentiment towards them?

y-axis: How positive the score was

The Republicans

Click on a date to view the topics discussed in each debate.

Top Words

The Democrats

Click on a date to view the topics discussed in each debate.

Top Words