Fourth Democratic Debate

Fourth Democratic Debate | An Update

Firstly, if you didn't have a chance to watch the debate you can here in 4, 40 minute bursts: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/app-news-section/watch-full-cnn-nyt-democratic-debate/index.html

In this post I wanted to go over the candidates positions. If you're interested in looking at more candidates positions you can do so here: https://www.politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/

Lets start with Cost of College:

Student Debt:

Reducing Carbon Emissions:

Healthcare:

These are the big issues of the election but check out more issues and do your research when you go to vote!

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