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13. How many watched the Iowa State(#5)-UNI basketball game or went to Star Wars instead?
Sun Dec 20, 2015, 01:15 PM
Dec 2015

How many just went out because it was a Saturday night?

Note:
The debate on Nov. 14, 2015 was on tv at the same time as Iowa was playing their football rival, the University of Minnesota.

The debate on Dec. 19, 2015 was on tv as the second half of the Iowa State-UNI basketball game was being played.

Both of these debates were on Saturday nights.

The debate on Jan. 17, 2016 is on a Sunday night in the midst of a holiday weekend. UI will start that week on Tuesday. ISU and UNI will have started their semesters the week before the debate. (Will students prefer watching the Democratic debate or will they choose to take advantage of one the first two weekends back at school to go hang out with their friends?)

All of this limits the number of potential voters who might watch the Democratic debates and be convinced to support the Democratic Party.

President Obama should ask Rep. Wasserman Schultz to resign. Her leadership is bad for the Democratic Party. It seems as if she is intentionally limiting debate exposure in the state that is first to caucus.






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