--- title: Democratic Debate: Vote on Who Won the Sixth Debate description: A post-debate poll canonical: https://time.com/4218788/democratic-debate-sixth-milwaukee-poll-survey/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-12T03:50:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:01:35.618Z article:section: Politics og:title: Vote Now: Who Won the Sixth Democratic Debate? og:description: A post-debate poll. og:url: https://time.com/4218788/democratic-debate-sixth-milwaukee-poll-survey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta79bd83f8b85045f/69887c415f570f6808b1f82d/timepol-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vote Now: Who Won the Sixth Democratic Debate? twitter:description: A post-debate poll. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta79bd83f8b85045f/69887c415f570f6808b1f82d/timepol-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vote Now: Who Won the Sixth Democratic Debate? > Sponsored content. 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Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appear at a Democratic debate at the University of New Hampshire on Feb. 4, 2016 in Durham, N.H.Nate Gowdy for TIME by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 12, 2016 3:50 AM UTC Democrats met for their sixth presidential debate Thursday, and we want to know who you think won. Take a moment to click the link below next to the candidate who you thought did the best at the PBS NewsHour debate in Milwaukee. A disclaimer: Online reader polls like this one are not statistically representative of eligible primary voters. They are a measure, however imprecise, of which candidates have the most energized online supporters, or most social media savvy fan base. 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