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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIn Nine Democratic Debates, Not a Single Question About Poverty
http://fair.org/home/in-nine-democratic-debates-not-a-single-question-about-poverty/Over 45 million Americans live in povertybut you wouldnt think potential leaders of the country are expected to know or care anything about this, listening to the questions asked by the elite journalists who moderated the Democratic debates this primary season.
A FAIR analysis of all nine democratic debates over the past seven months shows that not one question was asked about poverty. By contrast, 30 questions were asked about ISIS or terrorism (almost half of them concentrated in the December 19 debate, which took place days after the San Bernardino shootings) and 11 questions were asked Russia. Ten questions were asked about socialism or communism, all of which were directed at Bernie Sanders.
The candidates themselves have brought up poverty, either in their prepared remarks or in response to more abstract questions about the economy. Sanders brought up poverty in all but two debates, broaching the topic 12 times, or approximately 1.3 times per debate. Clinton brought up the issue five times in total, or a little more than once every other debate.
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In Nine Democratic Debates, Not a Single Question About Poverty (Original Post)
Baobab
May 2016
OP
Didn't Bernie tell you that poor people don't vote? It is shameful that even Hillary has not given
Jitter65
May 2016
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. If you don't think about those poor people, they won't exist.
Jitter65
(3,089 posts)2. Didn't Bernie tell you that poor people don't vote? It is shameful that even Hillary has not given
more attention to this issue. But then, on the other hand, a lot of "poor" people don't consider themselves poor. They rather think of themselves as victims of a "rigged" system and "rigged" economy. Appalachia poor mostly think of themselves (or so they have been told) victims of government efforts to destroy their jobs through trade deals..otherwise they are not "poor" just victims. Many even refuse welfare from the evil Federal government that wants to take away their gun.
Vote2016
(1,198 posts)3. How would questions about poverty benefit Wall Street, Big Pharma, or superdelegate lobbyists?
Uncle Joe
(58,370 posts)4. Poor people don't buy commericals.
Thanks for the thread, Baobab.
madokie
(51,076 posts)5. poverty sucks
I know I was raised in poverty.
Baobab
(4,667 posts)6. Ten years from now they will all have moved away.
Thanks Hillary.