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This Is How to Stream the Sixth Democratic Debate Live for Free on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS and Android

The race to the 2020 elections continues on with the Democratic candidates engaging in another debate on Thursday, Dec. 19. The sixth installment takes place at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET. The debate will be carried live by local PBS stations and will be simulcast on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español.

PBS NewsHour/Politico Sixth Democratic Debate

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Thursday night’s event will be moderated by Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour; Amna Nawaz, PBS NewsHour’s senior national correspondent; Yamiche Alcindor PBS NewsHour’s White House correspondent; as well as Politico’s chief political correspondent, Tim Alberta.

The debate will omit opening statements by the candidates and will jump right to moderator questions instead. Candidates will given 1 minute,15 seconds each for responses to moderator questions and 45 seconds for rebuttals and follow-ups. The debate will finish with minute-long closing statements for each candidate delivered in reverse polling order — from lowest to highest.

There will be three breaks during the broadcast, for a total of 11 minutes.

PBS NewsHour/Politico Democratic Debate Line Up
  • Businessman Andrew Yang,
  • South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
  • Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
  • Businessman Tom Steyer

How to Stream the Democratic Primary Debates Live Without Cable

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Stephanie Sengwe is writer based in New York who covers companies in the streaming industry including AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Roku, and Netflix . She also contributes daily news coverage on streaming services and devices for The Streamable.

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