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POLL: Who Won the Democratic Debate?
Who came out on top?
 Advocate.com Editors
          
          Oct 14, 2015
          
        
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The first Democratic debate of the 2016 presidential race is history (read a breakdown of the night here). Who did the best? Tell us below and see if the results changed much from our earlier poll.
 

        
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