What Went Down On Night One Of The First Democratic Debates

Following up on what Julia wrote: It’s tricky for these candidates to describe a failing economy when so many Americans see the economy as strong. But Democrats (the main audience here) are split on the state of the economy. And of course Trump ran in 2016 talking about all the problems with an economy that most Americans saw as strong. And one popular interpretation of the election was that he’d connected with those “left out” of the boom times.

I think Delaney and Gabbard win the first “let me talk about my bio instead of this question” awards.

According to a YouGov poll from March, 67 percent of American adults, including 86 percent of Democrats, support federal paid family leave. Sixty-one percent of men support the initiative, while 73 percent of women back it.