The Democratic Presidential Debate: Why Were Education and Labor Ignored (except for busing)?
As soon as the results of the 2018 congressional elections were in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president began. In the era of Facebook and Twitter elections are never-ending.
There are two elections: the first will be decided on July 16th 2020: the elected delegates to the Democratic National Convention will choose a candidate, the July to November sprint to the November 3rd presidential will be a totally different election. If you don’t win the first the second one is irrelevant.
The debates will take place almost monthly (July, September, October, November, December) with a declining field of debaters as the rules for participation narrow.
As the candidates on the stage thin, hopefully, the questioning at the debates will become more insightful.
No one will actually vote until February 3rd, the Iowa caucuses, followed by the New Hampshire primary, both dominated by older white voters, on to South Carolina, many Afro-American voters and the March 3rd super Tuesday. New York State is April 28th. (Read the primary schedule here)
Every candidate has a carefully scripted campaign.
Elizabeth Warren has focused on detailed specific policies, Bernie on Medicare for All and attacking the capitalist overlords, Biden, “experience counts,” and Booker and Harris, light on policy specifics and heavy on “its time to pass the CONTINUE READING: The Democratic Presidential Debate: Why Were Education and Labor Ignored (except for busing)? | Ed In The Apple
