Interruptions, tweets, and zingers: The VP debate by the numbers

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Mike Pence and Tim Kaine at the vice presidential debate.
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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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Jeva Lange
Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.