The vice presidential debate lasted a total of approximately 90 minutes. This is how some of that time was spent. Jeva Lange
Number of mentions of America or the United States: 133
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Times Tim Kaine interrupted someone: 72
Ratio of tweets about Pence to tweets about Kaine: 60 to 40
Number of mentions of Russia: 55
Attacks by Kaine on Trump: 32
Attacks by Pence on Clinton: 23
Times moderator Elaine Quijano said "gentlemen" or "please": 23
Tweets composed in support of Mike Pence, as written by Donald Trump and compared with tweets at Rosie O'Donnell: 21 to 65
Words in the best Biblical zinger of the night: 9
Attacks by Kaine on Pence: 9
Attacks by Pence on Kaine: 5
Minutes Pence and Kaine spent talking over each other: 1
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