--- title: Democratic Debate: Watch Live Stream Online for Free description: The Democrats will take the stage to debate Thursday after a win for Bernie Sanders in the New Hampshire primary canonical: https://time.com/4215887/democratic-debate-live-stream-online/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-11T14:00:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:26.517Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate Online og:description: There will be a free live stream og:url: https://time.com/4215887/democratic-debate-live-stream-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd44630ac4ccdef87/69887c013c1639f32e45bdca/clinton-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: clinton-sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate Online twitter:description: There will be a free live stream twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd44630ac4ccdef87/69887c013c1639f32e45bdca/clinton-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch Tonight's Democratic Debate Online (11 Feb 2016) > Sponsored content. 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Andrew Burton—Getty Images (L); Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 11, 2016 2:00 PM UTC The Democrats will take the stage to debate Thursday for the first debate after Bernie Sanders won the [New Hampshire primary](http://time.com/4213889/new-hampshire-primary-results-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/). Sanders and Hillary Clinton will meet in Milwaukee to debate. Host PBS will offer a free live-stream of the debate online. Sanders beat Clinton in New Hampshire by a landslide, 60% to 38%. The next Democratic primaries are South Carolina and Nevada, both more diverse than Iowa and New Hampshire, which may [shift the focus on the debate stage](http://time.com/4215908/south-carolina-primary-new-hampshire-results-donald-trump-bernie-sanders/). _Newshour_ co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff will moderate the debate. PBS will also partner with Facebook to bring data and graphic insights from the online conversation around the election. 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