--- title: These 10 Questions Will Show Who You Thought Won the Nevada Debate description: See whose responses you agree with most, without the names or the bickering. canonical: https://time.com/5786912/beyond-the-shouting-these-10-questions-show-who-you-think-won-the-nevada-debate/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-02-20T13:02:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T08:16:52.490Z article:section: Politics og:title: These 10 Questions Will Show Who You Thought Won the Nevada Debate og:description: See whose responses you agree with most, without the names or the bickering. og:url: https://time.com/5786912/beyond-the-shouting-these-10-questions-show-who-you-think-won-the-nevada-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db72fb28995bf9f/698a0a86e76ad2e0ce63747e/GettyImages-1201954222.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: GettyImages-1201954222.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These 10 Questions Will Show Who You Thought Won the Nevada Debate twitter:description: See whose responses you agree with most, without the names or the bickering. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db72fb28995bf9f/698a0a86e76ad2e0ce63747e/GettyImages-1201954222.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyond the Shouting: These 10 Questions Show Who You Think Won the Nevada Debate > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Feb 20, 2020 1:02 PM UTC  2020 presidential candidates Mike Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, from left, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, former Vice President Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, stand on stage ahead of the Democratic presidential candidate debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020\. Beneath all of the sparring between candidates leading up to the debate is a broader strategic question that Democrats must address: Whether the best way to beat President Donald Trump in November is by reassuring moderates with kitchen-table proposals or by bolstering turnout with aggressive ideas that create a clear contrast. Photographer: Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images 2020 presidential candidates Mike Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, from left, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, former Vice President Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, stand on stage ahead of the Democratic presidential candidate debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020\. Beneath all of the sparring between candidates leading up to the debate is a broader strategic question that Democrats must address: Whether the best way to beat President Donald Trump in November is by reassuring moderates with kitchen-table proposals or by bolstering turnout with aggressive ideas that create a clear contrast. Photographer: Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images—© 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP  by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Feb 20, 2020 1:02 PM UTC Political debates have no scoreboard but thousands of referees. Who won the Feb. 19 Democratic face-off in Las Vegas? Appropriately in a democracy, the answer depends on who you are and what you care about. The [ninth Democratic debate](https://time.com/5787320/democratic-debate-analysis-bloomberg-warren/), the first to [include former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg](https://time.com/5786204/michael-bloomberg-makes-it-to-the-debate-stage-he-may-regret-it/), was the most contentious so far, with candidates attacking one another from all angles. This simple quiz can help you get past the drama to determine which candidate’s message you prefer. For each panel, you’ll see the question the moderator asked and two randomly chosen responses edited for brevity with the names removed. Just choose which answer you prefer. As you go, the interactive will narrow down the pairings more precisely to candidates you align with the most. You will see a response from each of the six participants at least twice. **Methodology** All responses are drawn from the final transcript and abridged to capture the argument as concisely as possible. The questions are sometimes amalgams of several highly similar questions posed or reposed during the course of a discussion on one topic. Candidates are paired after the first round of responses using a combination of total approval points and the [Elo rating system](https://www.thechesspiece.com/what%5Fis%5Fan%5Felo%5Frating.asp). _Design by Karen Werling._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5786912/beyond-the-shouting-these-10-questions-show-who-you-think-won-the-nevada-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5786912/beyond-the-shouting-these-10-questions-show-who-you-think-won-the-nevada-debate/"},"headline":"Beyond the Shouting: These 10 Questions Show Who You Think Won the Nevada Debate","datePublished":"2020-02-20T13:02:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T08:16:52.490Z","description":"See whose responses you agree with most, without the names or the bickering.","url":"https://time.com/5786912/beyond-the-shouting-these-10-questions-show-who-you-think-won-the-nevada-debate/","keywords":["2020 Election","Michael Bloomberg"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db72fb28995bf9f/698a0a86e76ad2e0ce63747e/GettyImages-1201954222.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3db72fb28995bf9f/698a0a86e76ad2e0ce63747e/GettyImages-1201954222.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-1201954222.jpg","caption":"Candidates Attend 2020 Democratic Primary Presidential Debate","creditText":"Bloomberg via Getty Images—© 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2020-election/","name":"2020 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5786912/beyond-the-shouting-these-10-questions-show-who-you-think-won-the-nevada-debate/","name":"Beyond the Shouting: These 10 Questions Show Who You Think Won the Nevada Debate"}}]}] ```