--- title: Democratic Debate: Watch Live Video of Clinton and Sanders description: The three Democratic presidential candidates are gathering Saturday night at in Des Moines, Iowa, for their second debate canonical: https://time.com/4109702/democratic-debate-watch-livestream-video/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-15T01:00:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:43:46.651Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: The Second Democratic Presidential Debate og:description: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley face off og:url: https://time.com/4109702/democratic-debate-watch-livestream-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: The Second Democratic Presidential Debate twitter:description: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley face off twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Live: The Second Democratic Presidential Debate > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 15, 2015 1:00 AM UTC by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 15, 2015 1:00 AM UTC The three Democratic presidential candidates are gathering Saturday night at in Des Moines, Iowa, for [their second debate](http://time.com/4112075/democratic-debate-watch-online-free-stream-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-cbs/). The debate will air on CBS and will also be live-streamed here, in collaboration with CBSN. It is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. E.T. [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4107286/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-women-new-hampshire-2016/) comes into the debate with her front-runner status looking more secure than it has all year, following a strong performance in the first debate in October and a series of polls that show her sporting big leads over [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/4108379/bernie-sanders-photo-civil-rights/) nationally. The third candidate on stage, [Martin O’Malley](http://time.com/3947720/martin-omalley-foreign-policy-middle-class/), has yet to make a major impact on the race. **MORE** [Meet the Women Who Say There’s a Better Feminist in the Race Than Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4107286/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-women-new-hampshire-2016/) ### See Photos of Candidates and Their Sweet Rides  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks near his helicopter at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines. Charlie Riedel—AP  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's van, at left, is parked during a campaign visit on April 14, 2015 in Le Claire, Iowa. Clinton, at right, waves after an even on May 18, 2015 in Mason City, Iowa. From Left: Michael B. Thomas—AFP/Getty Images, Scott Olson—Getty Images  A campaign bus bearing the likeness of Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is parked near a campaign stop in Jackson, Mich. on Sept. 23, 2015. Luke Sharrett—Bloomberg/Getty Images  Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, center, rides a train to an event in Iowa City, Iowa on Sept. 26, 2015. Charlie Neibergall—AP  Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, at right, rides his campaign bus in Plymouth, New Hampshire on Oct. 14, 2015\. At left, the exterior of Kasich's bus is seen on Oct. 13, 2015, in Bow, N.H. From Left: Jim Cole—AP, Brian Snyder—Reuters  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz speaks to supporters in front of his campaign bus in Newnan, Ga., on Aug. 8, 2015. Bill Clark—CQ-Roll /Getty Images  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush gets off his campaign bus in Goffstown, N.H. on Nov. 4, 2015. 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