Episode 133: What’s Up With the National Debates?
If you haven’t seen either of the previous Democratic primary debates, here’s a summary: Twenty candidates debate free health care and slavery reparations, among other things. Instead of talking about eliminating the federal debt, the candidates...
Words & Numbers · Antony Davies & James R. Harrigan
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Show Notes
If you haven’t seen either of the previous Democratic primary debates, here’s a summary: Twenty candidates debate free health care and slavery reparations, among other things. Instead of talking about eliminating the federal debt, the candidates talk about adding to it. Additionally, the top candidates don’t get to debate the issues fully. All this raises a few questions: Who’s in charge of choosing the broadcast networks? The moderators? The questions asked? What effect do these choices have on the quality of the debates? Join Antony Davies and James Harrigan as they discuss the primary debates and more in this special episode of Words & Numbers featuring bonus material.
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Quick hits
Monopoly socialism https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/23/us/monopoly-socialism-board-game-trnd/index.html
NASA plans mission to a gold asteroid
Foolishness of the week
Minneapolis bans drive thrus
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/08/09/minneapolis-bans-new-drivethrus
Topic of the week: Democratic debates
Reporter bias ratings
DNC is a private corporation
https://ivn.us/posts/50-ways-the-democratic-and-republican-parties-are-the-same
Candidates
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/2020-candidates-president-guide/582598/
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-presidential-candidates.html
Polling numbers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/democratic_nomination_polls/
Ford-Carter debate
https://youtu.be/BuaPct7gH1w?t=152
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