Live Coverage Of The First Democratic Debate

Hillary Clinton is right that Social Security is particularly important to women. That’s a matter of life expectancy: Women, on average, outlive men. According to the Social Security Administration, women make up 56 percent of all beneficiaries ages 62 and up, and two-thirds of beneficiaries ages 85 and up. Unmarried women 65 and older are also less likely than unmarried men 65 and older to get income from pensions other than Social Security.

College affordability is a big issue regardless of political affiliation: An April Gallup poll found that while 61 percent of U.S. adults believe that education beyond high school is available to anyone who needs it, only 21 percent believe it’s affordable.