What Went Down In The Third Democratic Debate

Maggie’s description is backed up by a lot of political science. As a whole, voters aren’t ideological — they like programs that work.

This is an interesting divide emerging here — as Lee said, anti-politics from Buttigieg, Lincoln from Klobuchar (tapping into a classic value of party unity). Castro defends division — that was new!

The word “Medicare” has come up many times in the past few minutes. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll conducted in July found that over 80 percent of both Democrats and Republicans have a favorable opinion of Medicare. The poll also found that 85 percent of Democrats and 65 percent of Republicans have a favorable opinion of Medicaid.