State of the Union 2014: By the Numbers
As all the talk about the words in President Obama's State of the Union address begins, here's the speech by the numbers:
80 applause interruptions
15 minutes, 36 seconds - total length of those interruptions
3 laughter interruptions
40 standing ovations (19 of them bipartisan, 21 Democrats-only)
36 rounds of bipartisan applause
42 rounds of Democrats-only applause
2 rounds where it was too hard to tell
And for some historical perspective, this was the second-most-interrupted State of the Union the president has delivered. He got more applause in 2010, getting interrupted 102 times for applause.