What Went Down During The Vice Presidential Debate

To respond to the point Meredith raised about race and gender, I’m not entirely sure how this translates to this kind of setting, but there’s some evidence that women and minorities are punished for speaking up about diversity issues — people don’t always respond well to these issues being pointed out.

Climate Nexus, a research and communications group that advocates for clean energy solutions, asked voters in September how they feel about climate change. Sixty-eight percent of registered voters are very or somewhat worried about climate change. Thirty-two percent said they are not too worried or not at all worried.

Both candidates have been trotting out prepared lines tonight, but they land a lot better when not getting stepped on by the other person.