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Primary Debates
        Fifth Debate: MSNBC/The Washington Post
            Wednesday, November 20, 2019 in Atlanta, GA.

                                                        Booker | Gabbard | Klobuchar | Buttigieg | Warren | Biden | Sanders | Harris | Yang | Steyer
 
 

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9:00 - 11:00 p.m. ET at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, GA.

Sponsor:  MSNBC/The Washington Post.

Candidates:  Biden, Booker, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Harris, Klobuchar, Sanders, Steyer, Warren, Yang.

Moderators:  Rachel Maddow, host of "The Rachel Maddow Show" on MSNBC; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent; Ashley Parker, White House Reporter for The Washington Post; and Kristen Welker, NBC News White House Correspondent.

Audience:

Broadcast:  Broadcast live on MSNBC and streamed for free on MSNBC.com and washingtonpost.com as well as across mobile devices via NBC News and The Washington Post's mobile apps. In addition, audio of the debate will be available on SiriusXM Channel 118, and TuneIn.

Format:  75 seconds to answers questions and 45 seconds for follow-ups.  No opening statements.

Overview:  The impeachment inquiry has dominated the news recently, as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence began public hearings on November 13 and heard from three witnesses earlier in the day (+).  Buttigieg was expected to draw fire after a Real Clear Politics poll average through November 19 showed him leading in Iowa (>), but he emerged unscathed. Excluded candidates were Bennet, Bullock, Castro, Delaney, Patrick, Sestak, and Williamson.  Warren led in speaking time at 13:23 followed by Buttigieg and Biden; Yang had the least speaking time at 6:43.


 Warren
 Buttigieg
 Biden
 Booker
 Sanders
 Harris
 Klobuchar
 Gabbard
 Steyer
 Yang
CNN
 13:23
 12:44
 12:35
 11:38
 11:37
 11:20
 10:47
 9:18
 8:23
 6:43
WP
 13.4
 12.8
 12.6
 11.5
 11.8
 11.5
 10.7
 9.2
 8.3
 6.9

Viewership was the lowest of the Democratic debates thus far, 6.5 million viewers overall.  Many observers attributed this to viewers being saturated by the impeachment hearings. 

Post-Debate  |  Video  |  Transcript

See also: Saturday Night Live's take on the debate.


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