Let The Daily Show introduce you to the Democratic candidates
The Daily Show knows most people are busy and don't have the time — or attention span — to listen to the Democratic candidates describe their platforms in two minutes. So, they came up with some handy cheat sheets for the first Democratic debate:
Now that they mention it, Bernie Sanders does look like his favorite food is probably soup.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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