For much of the debate, the candidates shied from biting exchanges and intraparty contrasts. But there were pointed disputes as the night wore on, some of them focused on black voters.
The fifth Democratic primary debate, sponsored by The Washington Post and MSNBC, was the first since South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg showed signs of surging in several polls, and Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.) obliquely criticized him for his lack of support among black voters. “For too long …
Amy Klobuchar: She’s shown perhaps less momentum in Iowa, but she’s rising slightly. She repeatedly, and effectively, argued that she has won in a swing state, including in red areas, and her sometimes-corny jokes finally seemed to land. And in a key moment, she turned what could have been a dicey …
“The president had to confess in writing, in court, to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans.” In a civil complaint filed in June 2018, then-Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood of New York charged that the now-defunct Donald J. Trump Foundation had …
The candidates in Atlanta focused instead on the unabated fear of Trump’s reelection, amid recent polling showing the president continues to have an edge in key Midwestern battleground states despite ongoing impeachment hearings. “You have to ask yourself up here, who is most likely to be able to …
“Issues do matter,” Booker said while discussing the concerns of black voters. “I have a lot of respect for the vice president — he swore me into my office, he’s a hero. This week, I hear him literally say that I don’t think we should legalize marijuana — I thought you might have been high when you …
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Data since late October. Average of various polls among Democrats.* Candidates polling at 1% or higher. Data since late October. Average of various polls among Democrats.* *Average includes polls of Democratic likely primary voters, Democrats and Democratic- leaning independent adults, and registered …
