Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton: The tale of the tape

Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton: We transcribed the debate! Read it here.

WASHINGTON — Some numbers from the first of three presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

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The winner:

Clinton — 62 per cent

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Trump — 27 per cent

(That’s according to a poll of 521 respondents by CNN, which conceded that its sample included a larger-than-normal proportion of Democrats, 41 per cent, than Republicans, 26 per cent)

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Speaking time:

Trump — 55 per cent (8,200 words)

Clinton — 45 per cent (6,700 words)

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Interruptions:

From Trump — about 24

From Clinton — about 2

(That’s according to an analysis of the debate transcript by The Canadian Press)

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Policy ideas mentioned:

By Trump — about 12

By Clinton — about 17

(That’s according to an analysis of the debate transcript by The Canadian Press)

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Personal criticisms of opponent:

From Trump — about 12

From Clinton — about 12

(That’s according to an analysis of the debate transcript by The Canadian Press)

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Each candidate’s share of online Twitter conversation:

Trump — 62 per cent

Clinton — 38 per cent

(Source: Twitter)

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Most retweeted comment:

``The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.’’ — from Donald Trump, in 2012, which gained new notoriety Monday night after he denied saying those words.

The tweet pointing out the falsehood had been shared 86,403 times as of 3:30 a.m. ET Tuesday.

(Source: Twitter)

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Most tweeted comment from the debate: Trump claiming he has a good temperament.

(Source: Twitter)

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Most-searched fact checks on Google:

For Clinton: 1. Is stop and frisk unconstitutional? 2. How many shootings in Chicago? 3. What happened in Benghazi?

For Trump: 1. Did Trump support the Iraq war? 2. Is stop and frisk unconstitutional? 3. How many shootings in Chicago?

(Source: Google)