Democrats feel most strongly about discussing issues related to climate change, gun policy and abortion access, not necessarily the president.
Democratic voters largely do not want to hear about President Donald Trump on the debate stage in Miami on Wednesday, when the party will kick off a two-day round of primary debates, the first of the 2020 election cycle.ahead of Miami's matchup, Democratic voters are most concerned with hearing from candidates about public policy issues, such as climate change, gun violence prevention and abortion access.
"The DNC is silencing the voices of Democratic activists, many of our progressive partner organizations, and nearly half of the Democratic presidential field, who want to debate the existential crisis of our time," Inslee said in a statement in early June."Democratic voters say that climate change is their top issue; the Democratic National Committee must listen to the grassroots of the party.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is seen where the first NBC Democratic presidential primary debates for the 2020 elections will take place, on June 24, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Twenty candidates will participate in two groups June 26 and 27. NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo are hosting the debates.
Despite the president's dominance of national news headlines and his foreign policy interventions that have rattled global markets, Democratic voters are not keen on hearing much about the current administration. While Trump remains historically unpopular, only 44 percent of Democratic voters think it very important to discuss the president specifically during the primary debates, less than the share of Democrats who want to hear about infrastructure or education reform.
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