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Third Democratic Debate

The third democratic debate took place this past Thursday. The candidates on the stage (in order of speaking time) Biden, Warren, Booker, Sanders, Harris, Buttigieg, Castro, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, and Yang.

You can watch the full debate here (it is 2 and a half hours long)

This video by the New York Times gives some good highlights of the debate (about 3 min)


This poll shows how favorable current presidential candidates are/were after the debate. It is significant to see that Warren keeps rising in the polls and leads to the questions will she become the front runner of the race.

.....Meanwhile on the Republican side there are some challengers to President Trump. While most states have canceled primaries, rivals are hoping to run as independents. The current candidates on the Republican ticket are Mark Sanford, Donald Trump, Joe Walsh, and Bill Weld. 


There are a lot of criteria that voters have when selecting a candidate, but it is important to take a look at the policy positions of each candidate and see if they align with your own.

Here is a link to each of the current candidates policy positions:
President Trump: https://www.ontheissues.org/donald_trump.htm
Former Vice President Biden: https://www.ontheissues.org/Joe_Biden.htm
Senator Warren: https://www.ontheissues.org/Elizabeth_Warren.htm
Senator Sanders: https://www.ontheissues.org/Bernie_Sanders.htm
Mayor Pete Buttigieg: https://www.ontheissues.org/Pete_Buttigieg.htm
Senator Harris: https://www.ontheissues.org/Kamala_Harris.htm
Senator Booker: https://www.ontheissues.org/Cory_Booker.htm
Former HUD Secretary Castro: https://www.ontheissues.org/Julian_Castro.htm
Former US Representative O'Rourke: https://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Beto_O%60Rourke.htm
Senator Klobuchar: https://www.ontheissues.org/Amy_Klobuchar.htm
Mr. Yang: https://www.ontheissues.org/Andrew_Yang.htm
Former US Representative Walsh: https://www.ontheissues.org/Joe_Walsh.htm
Former Governor Weld: https://www.ontheissues.org/Bill_Weld.htm
Governor Sanford: https://www.ontheissues.org/Mark_Sanford.htm

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