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The Houston debate changed few minds but may have opened a few

Everything you need to know about the Democratic debate in Houston is the fact that there isn’t much agreement on exactly what happened. The debate on Thursday was either punctuated by personal attacks and sharp ideological exchanges or marked by expressions of Democratic unity and camaraderie among the 10 candidates. […] Read more »

Democrats are missing an opportunity to brand Trump as too conservative, poll suggests

In his 2016 campaign, President Trump ran as a relative moderate among Republicans — opposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare, talking up federal efforts to rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges, staying away from culture war issues such as same-sex marriage. But in office, Trump has aligned himself firmly […] Read more »

Biden’s age is a real issue. That doesn’t mean it’s easy to talk about.

In Thursday night’s debate, Julián Castro tried out a potentially fruitful line of attack against poll leader Joe Biden. But he might have bungled the execution. While sparring over the details of health-care policy, Castro repeatedly claimed that Biden had forgotten what he said only two minutes earlier. You can […] Read more »

The Third Democratic Debate In 7 Charts

For the first time this cycle, there was just one debate night, and only 10 candidates made the cut — so now we’re trying to make sense of what happened when the front-runners shared the stage. In recent weeks, the polls have shown a top tier of three to five […] Read more »

A Bipartisan Analysis of Last Night’s Social Media Debate Sentiment

Tonight, two polling and analytics firms, WPA Intelligence (Republican) and the Honan Strategy Group (Democratic) sought to answer the following key questions about the September 12th Democratic Presidential debate: • Which candidate Won the evening as judged by Twitter impact?• Which candidate(s) Lost and had the most disappointing performance as […] Read more »