# First Democratic presidential-candidates debate 10/13/15 -- what can we expect? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 1, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151 "2015-10-01T16:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151/61 "2015-10-15T10:05:48Z")
Just watched the debate. I enjoyed that they agreed as much as they disagreed, and they disagreed politely and with respect to each other. As hard as the moderators tried to egg on fights, they didn’t engage. They kept the discussion on issues and their approach to solving the problems America faces. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151/62 "2015-10-17T01:34:45Z")
Apparently, [the debate would have been largely ignored](http://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-adviser-implies-cnn-has-trumps-tweets-to-thank-for-big-debate-ratings/) but > [@](#): > > Trump live-tweeted the debate last night and (trump aide) Cohen asserted, “If Donald Trump wasn’t tweeting, I don’t think they would have had the 15 million people viewing.” … Cohen also claimed that more people followed the debate on Trump’s Twitter feed than did on CNN. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-democratic-presidential-candidates-debate-10-13-15-what-can-we-expect/733151.md?page=3)