Elections ***Third Democratic Primary Debate play-by-play thread***

[Fawlty]

Third Democratic Primary Debate


September 12, 2019
ABC Democratic Primary Debate
Time: 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT)
Aired On: ABC, Univision
Live Stream (official): https://abc.go.com/, ABC app.

ABC YouTube stream: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWVO0Trd1c


One Night Only:
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Andrew Yang, Amy Klobuchar


Location: Texas Southern University's Health & PE Center, Houston, TX

Moderators: Debate moderators will be Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, "World News Tonight" Anchor and Managing Editor David Muir, ABC News Correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos.

Qualifications: To qualify for the third round of debates, candidates had to receive at least 130,000 donors to their campaigns (with 400 unique donors in at least 20 states), and obtain at least 2% in the "top line" results of three polls recognized by the committee.

Format: One minute and 15 seconds for direct responses to questions and 45 seconds for rebuttals. This is a change from the previous debate, which allowed only one-minute direct responses and thirty second rebuttals.

 

[Fawlty]

Candidate quick reference for September debate



Joe Biden

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

Professor, Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy, University of Pennsylvania, 2017-present
Vice President of United States, 2009-2017
United States Senator, Delaware, 1973-2009​

Education:

University of Delaware
Syracuse Law, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://www.ontheissues.org/joe_biden.htm



Cory Booker

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

United State Senator, NJ, 2013-present
Mayor, Newark NJ, 2002-2013​

Education:

Stanford
Rhodes Scholar
Yale Law, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://www.ontheissues.org/Cory_Booker.htm



Pete Buttigieg

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

Mayor of South Bend, IN, 2012-present
Navy Reserve, 2009-2017
Various political consulting, 2004-2008​

Education:

Harvard
Rhodes Scholar
Oxford, BA (Philosophy, Politics, Economics)​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://www.ontheissues.org/pete_buttigieg.htm



Julián Castro

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, 2014-2017
Mayor, San Antonio TX, 2009-2014
Activist and Attorney, 2002-2009​

Education:

Stanford
Harvard Law, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://www.ontheissues.org/Julian_Castro.htm



Amy Klobuchar

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

United States Senator, Minnesota, 2009-2014
Hennepin County Attorney, 1998-2006​

Education:

Yale
University of Chicago Law, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://www.ontheissues.org/amy_klobuchar.htm



Kamala Harris

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

United States Senator, California, 2017-present
Attorney General of California, 2011-2017
San Francisco District Attorney, CA, 2004-2010
Attorney, inc. Deputy DA and City Attorney, 1990-2004​

Education:

Howard
University of California, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/roZ6dHDxIno

https://www.ontheissues.org/kamala_harris.htm



Beto O'Rourke

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, 2012-2018
El Paso City Council, 2005-2011​

Education:

Columbia, B.A.​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/zFzuResOR5Q

http://www.ontheissues.org/Bet`Rourke.htm



Bernie Sanders

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

United States Senator, Vermont, 2007-present
U.S. House of Representatives, Vermont, 1991-2007
Political Science Lecturer, Harvard, Hamilton, 1989-1991
Mayor of Burlington, VT, 1981-1989
​

Education:

Brooklyn College
University of Chicago, BA (Political Science)​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/VKbXU_4yVE4

https://www.ontheissues.org/bernie_sanders.htm



Elizabeth Warren

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

United States Senator, Massachusetts, 2012-present
Advisor (FDIC, TARP, National Bankruptcy Review) 1995-2012
Professor, Harvard Law, 1995-2011
​

Education:

George Washington
University of Houston
Rutgers Law, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/mUvqJ6VpXf0

https://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Elizabeth_Warren.htm



Andrew Yang

Offices Held or Primary Experience:

CEO, Venture for America, 2011-2017
CEO, Manhattan Prep, 2006-2012
Various Startups and Acquisitions, 1999-2012
​

Education:

Brown
Columbia Law, JD​

Full-length Interview:

Spoiler

https://youtu.be/_ONkNw1jbVg

https://www.ontheissues.org/andrew_yang.htm


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[Fawlty]

Current RCP Averages:

Biden: 26.8%
Sanders: 17.3%
Warren: 16.8%
Harris: 6.5%
Buttigieg: 4.8%
Yang: 3.0%
O'Rourke: 2.8%
Booker: 2.3%
Gabbard: 1.3% (did not qualify for September debate)
Klobuchar: 1.2%
Castro: 1.0%
Steyer: 0.8% (did not qualify for September debate)


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Historical stuff covering this point in time in primaries:



Snapshot of 9/11/2015 polling (per RCP):

Hillary Clinton: 45.8%
Bernie Sanders: 22.6%​

Snapshot of 9/11/2007 polling (per RCP):

Hillary Clinton: 42%
Barrack Obama: 23%
John Edward: 14%​

9/4/2003 Time/CNN poll (per PollingReport):

Unsure: 21%
John Kerry: 16%
Joe Lieberman: 13%
Howard Dean: 11%
John Edwards: 7%
Dick Gephart: 7%
Al Sharpton: 5%​

9/14/1999 Gallup poll (per Wikipedia):

Al Gore: 63%
Bill Bradley: 30%​

1991 June-December all polls average (per 538):

Jerry Brown: 14.9%
Mario Cuomo: 9.9%
Douglas Wilder: 9.7%
Bill Clinton: 8.3%
Bob Kerrey: 7.7%
Tom Harkin: 6.3%
Paul Tsongas 4.1%​

 

[Bloody Pulp]

Reserved for later re-sale.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Completely forgot that's today

Tulsi not there is disappointing. Will finally get to see Biden/Bernie/Warren/Harris all on stage at once

Play nice? Or claws? Harris sigh of relief no Tulsi

 

[Amerikuracana]

Looking at that field, Tulsi should be there. How did people in that many states donate to Corey Booker, or Beto? Holy crap.

Trump himself is not the ideal person, but the movement to vote for somebody that is at least half "real" is really a beautiful thing. These candidates, outside of Bernie, maybe Warren, and formerly Biden (70 year old men NEVER change their beliefs like that) are complete and obvious insincere individuals.

Maybe not Amy.

Anyways, I'll watch these until I literally have to cringe change the channel. I'm too old to cover my eyes and ears because I can't stand the embarrassment. With the other debates I watched it went from moderate agreement to cover my eyes and ears rather quickly at times.

 

[Trotsky]

How the fuck is Amy Klobuchar still in the race?

I've never seen a single poll that has her above 1%. At least Yang, O'Rourke, and Castro have some polls putting them in the mid single digits.

 

[method115]

Well looks like I'm skipping BJJ tomorrow for sure now to much shit I want to do tonight.

 

[method115]

How the fuck is Amy Klobuchar still in the race?

I've never seen a single poll that has her above 1%. At least Yang, O'Rourke, and Castro have some polls putting them in the mid single digits.

Doesn't make sense that Amy is still in this. Still to many people on stage another wasted night. Oh well Biden is at +9.5 right now so things are looking good there. If Biden fucks up tonight that could be it for him.

 

[Amerikuracana]

How the fuck is Amy Klobuchar still in the race?

I've never seen a single poll that has her above 1%. At least Yang, O'Rourke, and Castro have some polls putting them in the mid single digits.

I guess people in 20 states donated?

Seems like something that would be set up for the candidate to overcome inorganically. A fake hoop to jump through.

Tulsi is far more known.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[*Z*]

Everyone who didn't qualify for this debate should just drop out now. This field is ridiculous.

 

[K-Bag]

 

[The Diplomat]

Yang still in it. Go get dem robots, boi!

 

[HereticBD]

Didn't that dork Tom Steyer buy his way into this?

 

[Fawlty]

Didn't that dork Tom Steyer buy his way into this?

Nearly. He qualified for the next debate (polls they earned toward the 3rd debate also count toward the 4th debate). Tulsi has a reasonable chance at getting in for the next one too, but probably nobody else.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Castro, Warren, Yang, and Sanders are the only ones worth the time.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

edit; already answered

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

I just can't wait to see Andrew Yang's big reveal

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Completely forgot that's today

Tulsi not there is disappointing. Will finally get to see Biden/Bernie/Warren/Harris all on stage at once

Play nice? Or claws? Harris sigh of relief no Tulsi

Biden's husk at least.