By Thomas Gibbons
Super Tuesday, referred to as one of the biggest primary days for presidential candidates on March 3rd, will be here before you know it. As the race heats up, the field continues to shrink.
Thirteen democratic candidates remain in the race with hopes of challenging President Trump in November.
The remaining candidates are:
Joe Biden
Bernie Sanders
Elizabeth Warren
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bennett
Pete Buttigieg
John Delaney
Tulsi Gabbard
Amy Klobuchar
Deval Patrick
Tom Steyer
Marianne Williamson
Andrew Yang
Cory Booker is the latest of the democratic candidates to drop out of the race after failing to make the cut for the Iowa caucuses.
The latest democratic debate took place Tuesday night in Iowa co-hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register.
One of the talking points from Tuesday nights debate was between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Recently, a report surfaced that Sanders told Warren in 2018 that he did not believe a women could win the presidency. Warren backs up the report and it carried over to the debate stage in Iowa.
Joe Biden, who currently leads in the polls heading into the Iowa Caucus, continued to speak about health care and medicare, a focal point of the democrats message.
Pete Buttigieg spoke on Medicare for all, an economy that works for everyone, and making college affordable.
Tom Steyer and Amy Klobuchar were the other two candidates on the stage Tuesday night. Their latest numbers are not promising yet high enough to qualify for the debate. It will be interesting to see how much longer they stay in the race.
Some of their highlights from the debate:
Klobuchar’s stance on free college
Steyer continued to tackle climate change and clean energy:
Mike Bloomberg, while not having appeared in any democratic debate or a town hall, has funded his own campaign and continues to promote himself through social media channels and TV commercials. And it’s working. In a recent poll by Hill-HarrisX, the former mayor of New York City tied for third with Elizabeth Warren. Super Tuesday is a day to watch and see if the support for Bloomberg is concrete.
The Iowa Caucus will take place on February 3rd and will be the first real assessment of where the candidates stand among voters.