��������

If you’re wondering what you should be watching for in the 2020 Democratic presidential debates on Wednesday and Thursday, here are some answers. Twenty candidates will share the stage between the two nights.Wednesday’s lineup includes Cory Booker, Bill de Blasio, Julian Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan and Elizabeth Warren. Thursday’s candidates are Joe Biden, Michael Bennet, Pete Buttigieg, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, John Hickenlooper, Bernie Sanders, Eric Swalwell, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang. Here are five things to watch over the two nights of the debate.1. How will Warren look against the less popular candidates?Sen. Elizabeth Warren drew the Wednesday night debate. She’s on the stage with Rep. Cory Booker, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who narrowly lost his bid to be a U.S. senator from Texas in 2018, when he ran against Ted Cruz.She is by far the most popular candidate of the night, but will that hurt her chances, since she won’t face any of the candidates higher than her in the polls?2. Who will drop out?With 24 Democrats vying for the party’s nomination, the debate will be an opportunity for some and a test for others. Lesser-known candidates, like Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson, may find themselves with more supporters after the debate, but they also could find themselves at a breaking point in their campaign. And four candidates (Seth Moulton, Steve Bullock, Mike Gravel and Wayne Messam) aren’t even part of the debate because they didn’t reach the support threshold set by the Democratic Party.Expect a few to announce they are suspending their campaign after the first round of debates.3. Biden vs. Sanders �� who comes out looking like a winner?Former VP Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders lead the pack when it comes to poll numbers, but which one will come out of the debate looking like a winner? Sanders�� 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton showed the Vermont Democrat has loyal followers, but Biden came into the race late and was immediately the front-runner. Biden has been under fire lately for his remarks on working with segregationists during his time in the U.S. Senate. Will he respond to those criticisms? 4. Will Mayor Pete’s campaign sustain its momentum amid race-relation issues in his community?Pete Buttigieg is the mayor of South Bend, Ind., where a recent officer-involved shooting of a black man has given the candidate his first major political test on the campaign trail.Since the event, Buttigieg has been largely off the trail. He held a town hall in South Bend last week, where he received mixed reactions to his response to the shooting. Political pundits say it will be a make-or-break situation for Buttigieg, who appears to be trying to show he can lead through adversity. Watch for questions or remarks from other candidates on his leadership abilities Thursday night.5. Will the candidates go after each other or President Trump?The 24 Democratic candidates have largely gone after each other on the campaign trail thus far, with a few timely jabs at the president.Will they continue that trend or will the candidates try to critique each other’s records on various issues? That’s the big question of the debates.