What Went Down At The December Democratic Primary Debate

Poll Bot

Andrew Yang was just asked about being the only candidate of color on the stage. According to a December Economist/YouGov poll, 79 percent of Democrats think the current Democratic presidential candidates reflect the U.S. in general “very” or “somewhat” well.
— Poll Bot (@538PollBot) December 20, 2019

Aaron Bycoffe

8:45 pm

Steyer didn’t get a ton of speaking time in previous debates, but he’s had the third-highest amount of time so far tonight.

Who’s holding the floor?

Number of words spoken by candidates participating in the December Democratic debate, as of 8:45 p.m. Thursday

Candidate		Words Spoken
Amy Klobuchar	936	–
Joe Biden	931	–
Elizabeth Warren	925	–
Tom Steyer	909	–
Pete Buttigieg	824	–
Andrew Yang	648	–
Bernie Sanders	595	–

Clare Malone

8:45 pm

Biden has gotten a lot more comfortable invoking Trump’s specific attacks on his family. That feels like a little bit of a new thing. It remains interesting to me, since I think a lot of voters probably have mixed feelings on Hunter Biden.

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