--- title: How to Watch the Democratic Debate Tonight Online for Free (Yes, There's Another One) description: The democratic debates continue tonight. Here's how to watch for free. authors: - name: Julia Glum role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/julia-glum/ bio: Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. She also writes Dollar Scholar, a weekly newsletter that teaches young adults how to navigate the messy world of money. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2018 articles: 453 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - Newsweek - International Business Times - CBS News - Good Morning America - WUSA9 - Pix 11 - The New York Times - Mashable - The Washington Post - CNBC - Politico social: - https://x.com/superjulia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-glum published: '2019-06-27T21:00:58.000Z' modified: '2024-03-18T14:21:50.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - 2020 Election word_count: 535 canonical: https://money.com/democratic-debates-online-free/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Democratic Presidential Candidates Participate In First Debate Of 2020 Election Over Two Nights](https://img.money.com/2019/06/gettyimages-1158526679.jpg) *Getty Images* Ready or not, the 2020 election cycle is underway. The first Democratic debate kicked off Wednesday with a [hot-mic disaster](https://www.politico.com/video/2019/06/26/watch-that-awkward-hot-mic-moment-from-the-democratic-debate-068389), [several Spanish monologues](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/26/politics/spanish-democratic-debate/index.html) and [plenty of dodged questions](https://ijr.com/dems-called-dodging-debate-questions/), and it continues Thursday. Night two's debate lineup includes Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris alongside lesser-known candidates like Michael Bennet, John Hickenlooper, Eric Swalwell, Marianne Williamson and Andrew Yang. If you want to keep up with political discourse and/or understand tomorrow's memes, you'll want to tune in. Thursday's Democratic debate starts at 9 p.m. EDT in Miami and will last for two hours. Here's how to live stream it on your computer, TV, Roku and any other device you can think of. ## How to Watch the Democratic Debate for Free The first Democratic debate(s) are being [hosted](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/how-watch-first-democratic-debate-live-stream-channels-more-n1018796) by NBC News, Telemundo and MSNBC, so you can pull up those channels on your TV or Roku in order to tune in. You can also head to [NBCNews.com](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-democratic-debate-2020-election?icid=politicspromo) or [MSNBC.com](https://www.msnbc.com/), as both will be live streaming the debate for free. Or download the [NBC News app](https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile/), which is available for iOS and Android. [According to Fast Company](https://www.fastcompany.com/90369630/democratic-debate-live-stream-watch-online-free-nbc-msnbc-without-cable), no login will be required — you shouldn't need a cable subscription in order to watch the Democratic debate on any of those platforms. NBC is also live streaming the debate on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/NBCNews/featured), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/nbcnews) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/471827993376843/). (Similarly, Telemundo is showing the debate in Spanish on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3D6BZRt0aA), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/TelemundoNews) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/NoticiasTelemundo/videos/373079396740083/?__xts__[0]=68.ARAb6fieVHSjwDVtOCyY4ZGVZAccmmWr_ZXvVVpi_laQ-mQ2LRj_Q-L3XjMaHaTw8IuXFqduVz1fAuW7ai8PkXi9FUsfS3pZ-M-MO4cnef6y17JGdurS9fynRKfITR85s9ayrCVPH_yx2VwSc3E-GbSSdyJVKkIi8IMDCR507eXIgS5IrdCEZW6A7qQQzLbbyxz43dvBHvTZ-rD1_uEPk_603Fh4CKgxMBhjc19DooJC_90TprKAiySeiMcyI4yI0JhJg29ZVbc0T655QWzg-v7z_pq3OEiBy7peFRooA1qy_kNyKAZnxXf1-2d670YDOVGORpCDUFXiOS83twY_Ka__g99uJDLgZw&__tn__=-R).) ## Alternative Options for Live Streaming the Democratic Debate If for some reason you can't get any of the above to work, the Democratic Party has a no-frills live stream on its website. And there's always [Locast](https://www.locast.org/about/), a service that broadcasts local channels over the internet for free. Locast is available in cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles; it also offers Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV options. If you're absolutely itching to pay, you can watch the debate using a live TV subscription — but know [there was a major Hulu outage](https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/27/18761145/hulu-live-tv-democrat-debate-outage-downtime) during Wednesday's debate, so you might want to stick to the free options. Also, this isn't technically a broadcast of the event itself, but [Vice reports](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9ab8/bernie-sanders-just-launched-twitch-channel?utm_source=vicetwitterus) that Sanders will be streaming on [Twitch](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-news-host-3rd-democratic-primary-debate-september/story?id=63255677) right before and right after the debate. ## 2019 Democratic Debate Schedule Look at you, planning ahead. The second Democratic debate is another two-parter, scheduled for July 30 and July 31. CNN is [hosting it](https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/02/politics/cnn-2020-democratic-debate-july-detroit/index.html) in Detroit. The third Democratic debate, hosted by ABC News and Univision, is [set](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-news-host-3rd-democratic-primary-debate-september/story?id=63255677) for Sept. 12 and Sept. 13. No location has been announced. Wondering how many Democratic debates are there total? Six this year and six next year. ## How to Keep Up With the Other Guys Not all of the candidates qualify for the debate stage due to polling and fundraising [**requirements**](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/2020-presidential-democratic-debate-everything-you-need-know-n1013761), but they still want to feel included. Steve Bullock, for example, [is holding](https://twitter.com/GovernorBullock/status/1144078845814956035) a televised town hall in New Hampshire on Thursday night. WMUR News 9 is [carrying it](https://www.wmur.com/nowcast), as is Bullock's [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/GovernorBullock/). On the other end of the spectrum, the [teens running](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/magazine/mike-gravel-teens-twitter-presidential-campaign.html) Mike Gravel's campaign attended Wednesday's debate [seemingly without Gravel](https://twitter.com/danielmarans/status/1144037291138174977). They [live-tweeted](https://twitter.com/MikeGravel) from the venue, ate Biden's ice cream and took a video of them yelling at Beto O'Rourke. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/democratic-debates-online-free/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elections", "item": "https://money.com/elections/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "How to Watch the Democratic Debate Tonight Online for Free (Yes, There's Another One)" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/democratic-debates-online-free/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/democratic-debates-online-free/", "name": "How to Watch the Democratic Debate Tonight Online for Free (Yes, There's Another One)", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2019-06-27T21:00:58.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/democratic-debates-online-free/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/democratic-debates-online-free/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-03-18T14:21:50.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "How to Watch the Democratic Debate Tonight Online for Free (Yes, There's Another One)", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2019/06/gettyimages-1158526679.jpg", "width": 5217, "height": 3478, "caption": "190627-Democratic-Presidential-Candidates Participate-In-First-Debate-Of-2020-Election" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Julia Glum", "url": "https://money.com/author/julia-glum/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/julia-glum/#author", "description": "Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. 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