By the numbers: Where Trump dominated debate: Interrupting

The first presidential debate on Monday drew all the hype of a Super Bowl or Academy Awards ceremony — and perhaps an audience to match. It may take days or weeks to measure the impact of the first confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but a few hard numbers already tell the story of their clash. Here is a boxscore:

September 27, 2016 at 9:20PM
Hillary Clinton

Time speaking: 41 minutes, 21 seconds

Words spoken: 6,181

Questions asked: 17

Questions dodged: 0

Interruptions by opponent: 29

Fact-checks by moderator: 0

Assertions that opponent was untruthful: 10

Donald Trump

Time speaking: 44 minutes, 23 seconds

Words spoken: 7,870

Questions asked: 15

Questions dodged: 4

Interruptions by opponent: 9

Fact-checks by moderator: 5

Assertions that opponent was untruthful: 26

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