Who won Thursday's Democratic debate? Bettors say Joe Biden

[TexasTowelie]

By Noah Pransky


According to users of online prediction/betting site PredictIt, Joe Biden was the winner of Thursday night’s Democratic debate in Los Angeles, as forecasters put new money behind the former vice president’s bid for the oval office, signifying new confidence in him maintaining his front-runner status.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg also performed well in the eyes of PredictIt users.

Biden didn’t speak as much as some of his top rivals Thursday night, but got high marks from pundits immediately following the debate. Bettors echoed the sentiment, boosting shares for his Democratic primary win from 32 cents on the dollar to 35 cents. That equates to a 35% confidence in Biden securing the nomination.

PredictIt is run by Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand; participants can place wagers on candidates and other political props by buying “shares” on a bet, costing between 1 cent and 1 dollar per share.

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[Cha]

1. Biden spoke about 4 minutes less.. I guess

that's a long time in debate time..

Who talked the most during the
December Democratic debate

BS talked the most with 19.9 minutes.. but the WaPo writer put him in the "Loser" category. So it's not always how "long". The WaPo called the Biden the "Winner".

Winners and losers from the December Democratic debate

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287387841#post2

Amy had 19.6 Pete 19.4 EW 19.3

Biden 15.4

Steyer 11. 7 Yang 10.9

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/who-spoke-most-at-democratic-debate-december/

Thank you for this, TexasT!

[George II]

2. At least he didn't brag about being a white man or waggle his hand in front of any of his opponents.

[Blue_true]

5. I didn't watch the debate. What happened in reference to the things you just listed? nt

[betsuni]

7. When asked about being the oldest candidate Bernie said, "And I'm white as well."

Biden said to Bernie (who was standing next to him): "Put your hand down for a second, Bernie."

[Kahuna7]

9. Biden has been visibly annoyed with Bernie's wagging that almost reaches..

Joe's face since the first debate. He always leans backwards with a look. I guess he's finally had enough.

[betsuni]

10. I forget which comedian described it as Bernie desperately trying to flag down a waiter.

I wouldn't want to be in the wag zone either.

[Blue_true]

11. Wow. I guess Biden was so shocked that he only could see Bernie's hand. nt

[betsuni]

12. Not shocked, it's happened before:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/sports/joe-biden-dodges-bernie-sanders-hand-in-viral-moment/vi-AADzqOI

[cwydro]

14. Wow, sorry I missed that.

Bernie...well, never mind.

[emmaverybo]

3. Biden was able to stay out of the fray. Totally to his advantage the bickering.

[peggysue2]

4. Why was Biden perceived as the winner of the debate?

Because he looked and sounded presidential. Steady, knowledgable and ready to go on Day 1.

AGO4JOE2020

[Gothmog]

6. Biden clearly won the last debate

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. I'm glad to hear this. n/t

[judeling]

13. Biden got a bump

But Klobuchar's numbers went up about as much and in terms of odds her odds got cut in half.