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First Democratic Debate Concludes Tonight
June 27, 2019
The 2nd and final night of the first Democratic debate will take place beginning at 9:00 PM in Miami. Aside from those that will appear on stage, everything will be the same as we noted last night:
The prospective nominees will be placed on stage based on a polling average calculated earlier this month, with those polling highest at the center of the stage.
The debate will be hosted and broadcast by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo. Broadcast time is 9:00PM to 11:00PM Eastern. The moderators are Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow and José Diaz-Balart.
There will be no opening statements. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to follow-ups. At the end of the two hours, each candidate can make closing remarks.
Tonight will feature four of the top five candidates in the polls to this point. Here's a New York Times overview of each candidate and some of what to watch for.
Visit 270toWin at the conclusion of the debate to participate in our snap poll of who won the night.
Warren Wins First Night Snap Poll, Ahead of Gabbard and Castro
June 27, 2019
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was the winner of night one of the first Democratic debate, according to 270toWin visitors participating in a survey. She received just under 34% of the approximately 1,100 valid votes cast*. Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard finished 2nd with about 23%, followed by former housing secretary Julian Castro with 14%.
Gabbard was the winner of polls conducted by both Drudge Report and Washington Examiner.
* Obvious duplicate votes were discarded
Vote Now - Who Won Night One of the Democratic Debate?
June 26, 2019
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First Democratic Debate Begins Tonight
June 26, 2019
The long-awaited first Democratic debate has arrived. It will take place over two nights in Miami, with 10 candidates appearing each night. The prospective nominees will be placed on stage based on a polling average calculated earlier this month, with those polling highest at the center of the stage.
Here's an excellent New York Times overview of each candidate and some of the dynamics to watch for on night 1.
To get the roster for each night, the candidates were first divided into those polling above 2% and those below. A random drawing was then conducted within each group. Of the five candidates polling nationally at over 5%, only Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will appear tonight.
The debate will be hosted and broadcast by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo. Broadcast time is 9:00PM to 11:00PM Eastern. The moderators are Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow and José Diaz-Balart.
There will be no opening statements. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to follow-ups. At the end of the two hours, each candidate can make closing remarks.
Visit 270toWin at the conclusion of the debate to participate in our snap poll of who won the night.
NBC Places Candidates for First Presidential Debate
June 18, 2019
The first 2020 presidential debate is eight days out, taking place over two nights on June 26 and 27. Last week, we learned on which night each of the 20 candidates will appear. Now we know where they will stand on the podium.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke will be at center stage night one. On the 2nd night, it will be former Vice-President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. All candidates were placed based on their qualifying polling average as of June 12. The higher-polling candidates are closest to the center.
Note that in the graphic below, we use the national polling average as of June 18. This will not exactly match up with the qualifying average, which was based on national and early state polls from a list of highly-rated polling organizations.
The debate will be hosted by NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo. It will air both nights from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM Eastern Time.
Rep. Susan Brooks to Retire, Putting a Safe GOP Seat in Play for 2020
June 14, 2019
Republican Rep. Susan Brooks of Indiana's 5th congressional district will not seek a fifth term in 2020. Absent an incumbent, The Cook Political Report and other forecasters have moved this suburban Indianapolis district from 'safe' to a consensus rating of 'lean Republican'. The district has demographic similarities to other affluent districts that have been trending away from the GOP during the Trump era. That said, the president won the district by 12 points over Hillary Clinton in 2016 and will, of course, be seeking a 2nd term in 2020.
Brooks is the 8th current member of the U.S. House to announce a 2020 departure. Five are retiring, while two are running for Senate. Montana's at-large GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte recently announced he would be running for governor.
Groupings for First Democratic Debate
June 14, 2019
The 20 Democratic candidates that qualified for the first presidential debate have been split into two groups. According to a subsequent tweet by @rubycramer, the Orange group will appear on the first night, June 26. The Purple group, will go on June 27.
NBC has the two groups, Purple and Orange.
— Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) June 14, 2019
PURPLE:
Harris
Biden
Bernie
Pete
Gillibrand
Bennet
Williamson
Swalwell
Yang
Hickenlooper
ORANGE:
Booker
Warren
Beto
Klobuchar
Delaney
Tulsi
Castro
Ryan
de Blasio
Inslee
NBC now huddling to see which group goes first..?
DNC Names Debate Qualifiers
June 13, 2019
The Democratic National Committee has announced that 20 candidates have qualified for the party's first presidential debate. 
- Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado
- Former Vice President Joe Biden
- Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey
- South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg
- Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro
- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
- Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
- Sen. Kamala Harris of California
- Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado
- Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
- Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas
- Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio
- Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
- Rep. Eric Swalwell of California
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
- Author Marianne Williamson
- Entrepreneur Andrew Yang
The debate will take place over two nights - June 26 and 27 - in Miami. On Friday, the field will be divided into two groups of 10. To get there, the DNC will divide candidates into two tiers, those polling at or above 2%, and the remainder. Each group will be randomly split across the two nights.
NBC News, along MSNBC and Telemundo - two NBC owned networks - will host the two hour debates. There will be five moderators.
Oregon Joins National Popular Vote Compact
June 12, 2019
Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill Wednesday that adds Oregon to the National Popular Vote compact. 15 states and Washington D.C., with a total of 196 electoral votes have now approved the initiative. States in the compact agree to award their electoral votes to the winner of the nationwide popular vote, a choice that could differ from that made by its own citizens. However, it does not take effect until states totaling 270 electoral votes have joined. Until such time, nothing is changing for how Oregon allocates its electoral votes.
The initiative is being driven primarily by Democratic-leaning states; all voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 (see map, above). Aside from Colorado and New Mexico, these states have all voted Democratic since at least 1992. Oregon last voted for a Republican in Ronald Reagan's landslide 1984 reelection.
There's been little interest in this proposal from GOP-leaning states. Many of them are smaller and thus over-represented in the Electoral College. However, that is not exclusively a Republican concern. Oregon's decision comess two weeks after Democratic Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak vetoed similar legislation in his state. Sisolak cited the reduced influence Nevada would have if the initiative took effect.
