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Perry Bacon Jr.

So the biggest policy news from these debates is that Warren and Harris, two of the more plausible nominees, have taken the Sanders’ position on winding down most private insurance and Medicare for all. Biden and Buttigieg are not doing that. Harris and Warren are embracing a position that will make it easier for their critics to cast them as unelectable.

Erin Doherty Annette Choi

Twenty minutes in, and Marianne Williamson has yet to speak, while the leaders in the polls are getting the majority of the air time.

Who held the floor in night two?

Number of words spoken by candidates participating in night two of the first Democratic debate, as of 9:20 p.m. Thursday

Candidate Words spoken
Joe Biden 424
Bernie Sanders 351
Kamala Harris 307
Michael Bennet 280
Andrew Yang 250
Eric Swalwell 216
John Hickenlooper 199
Pete Buttigieg 178
Kirsten Gillibrand 130
Marianne Williamson 0

Excludes words spoken in Spanish

Source: Debate Transcript via ABC News

Seth Masket

I, for one, am tired of all these questions directed at Williamson.


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