What Went Down In The Third Democratic Debate

The policy discussion has been in-depth as usual tonight, though the guns and immigration discussions had fewer numbers than the health care debate. But it still assumes a lot of voter knowledge. Even the process discussion is wonky — discussing the filibuster, budget reconciliation, parliamentarian reform and executive order constitutionality.

Several candidates have said something in Spanish during this debate. As Poll Bot mentioned in the first debate, a YouGov poll conducted between June 21 and 24 found that 42 percent of adults think that a presidential candidate speaking Spanish during a televised presidential debate is pandering, while 31 percent think it’s respectful. Twenty-seven percent were not sure.

I said before that nobody had gotten an A grade so far, but Beto has probably crept into the A-minus range, not so much because of that last answer but because of the answer on guns.