Six Democratic hopefuls are sharing a platform for the principal discussion of the new year and the last before the much-awaited Iowa caucuses. The discussion on the grounds of Drake University highlights four of the six competitors driving the enormous presidential pack: Ex-Vice President Joe Biden; 32nd Mayor of South Bend Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg; and Senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.

Democratic debate: Six candidates face off in Iowa's capital city Des Moines

Democratic Debate in Iowa

Biden clashes with Warren, Sanders on health care in 3rd Democratic debate. Watch video to know more.

3rd Democratic debate: Biden clashes with Warren, Sanders on health care

President Donald Trump said he will watch the first Democratic debate on television on Wednesday night, even though he will be flying to Japan and considers the event "boring." Trump, a Republican, also suggested he might offer some tweeted responses to what he hears from the 10 Democratic presidential candidates on the stage in the first of back-to-back debate nights in Miami.

Highlights From Democratic Debate

The first Democratic presidential debate is in the books, and 10 of the 20 candidates who qualified for the proceedings have had their say - in one-minute chunks.

US Elections 2020: First Democratic debate kicks off

Voters gathered in Miami, Florida on Tuesday to hear Senator Elizabeth Warren speak at a town hall in advance of the first of 12 prime-time presidential primary debates. Warren, the 70-year-old senator from Massachusetts, is a leader of the party's liberals and a fierce critic of Wall Street who was instrumental in creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She has focused her presidential campaign on her populist economic message, promising to fight what she calls a rigged economic system that favours the wealthy. She also has proposed eliminating the Electoral College, breaking up tech companies, and sworn off political fundraising events to collect cash for her bid.

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