What Went Down At The First Biden vs. Sanders Debate

The debate has now turned toward the candidates’ respective weaknesses, and the first question is why Biden hasn’t done better with Hispanic voters. I wonder if the age gap — or the fact that Sanders pretty much dominates the 18-to-29-year-old age group comes up, too.

Dana Bash asks Biden why Sanders has been winning Latino voters so far this year and if it might be a problem for him in the fall. Well, as Amelia and I are writing for the site tomorrow, Biden might be on the verge of a breakthrough with Latino voters on Tuesday — they’re not a monolith. One thing to remember about Latino voters is that they skew young, and younger voters obviously love Sanders.

Fundamentally, Biden’s argument that “Eight years of Obama-Biden prove you can trust me on X” seems like it works with Democratic voters against charges that he once held the wrong policy, etc.