Twitter commentary about the CNN Democratic debate.

Here’s What Twitter’s Smartest Liberals and Conservatives Are Saying About the CNN Debate

Here’s What Twitter’s Smartest Liberals and Conservatives Are Saying About the CNN Debate

Who's winning, who's losing, and why.
April 14 2016 7:00 PM

What Twitter Pundits Have to Say About the Democratic Debate

Check out the instant spin room.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Photo illustration by Sofya Levina. Photos by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images and Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images.

With less than a week to go until New York votes, CNN will air the ninth Democratic primary debate Thursday night. Though Bernie Sanders has won seven consecutive nominating contests since late March, Hillary Clinton maintains a solid delegate lead. FiveThirtyEight puts her chance of winning New York at 98 percent.

There are no further debates scheduled, so this could be the final showdown between the two candidates. The generally civil tone of the Democratic race has frayed a bit since the last debate. Pundits and politicos will be watching to see how Clinton positions herself relative to her husband’s crime bill, whether Sanders can articulate a clear plan for breaking up the big banks, and more. Below are their live tweets, drawn from a list of top accounts curated by Slate. Those who lean left are on the left; those who lean right are on the right. Enjoy the instant spin!


Andrew Kahn is Slate’s assistant interactives editor. Follow him on Twitter.

Jeremy Stahl is a Slate senior editor. You can follow him on Twitter.