Republicans criticized CNBC moderators during and after the last debate for not asking "substantive"-enough questions. With that in mind, NPR tracked the topics raised by moderators Tuesday in the Fox Business Network debate — and the length of time spent on each issue. (This does not include how candidates deviated from the topic at hand.)
Here's how many minutes were spent on the following issues:
Taxes/Deficit/Budget/Debt: 26:16
Which candidates talked about it? Cruz, Carson, Paul, Bush, Rubio, Fiorina, Trump, Kasich
National Security/Foreign Policy: 18:04
Which candidates talked about it? Carson, Bush, Trump, Fiorina, Paul, Rubio, Kasich
Bank Bailouts: 14:38
Which candidates talked about it?
Bush, Carson, Rubio, Kasich, Cruz, Fiorina
Politics (Hillary Clinton, Carson's bio, etc.): 9:52
Which candidates talked about it? Rubio, Fiorina, Carson, Cruz
Immigration: 6:10
Which candidates talked about it? Trump, Kasich, Bush
Medicare: 4:39
Which candidates talked about it? Cruz
Trade: 4:34
Which candidates talked about it? Trump, Paul
Obamacare: 4:10
Which candidates talked about it? Fiorina
Economy: 4:07
Which candidates talked about it? Bush, Rubio
Minimum Wage: 3:39
Which candidates talked about it? Trump, Carson
Energy: 3:08
Which candidates talked about it? Paul, Bush
Income Inequality: 1:58
Which candidates talked about it? Paul
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