If you’ve been keeping an eye on the 2016 campaigns, then you’ve probably noticed a lot of media attention and hype around Donald Trump and the Republican Party. The Republicans have already completed two debates and have a plethora of qualified candidates looking to be the next President. This Tuesday in Las Vegas, the Democrats will have a chance to take the stage and share their thoughts on important topics with the whole nation watching.

The participants include frontrunner Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee, and Jim Webb. All eyes will be locked on the growing race between Clinton and Sanders, who are currently the only democratic candidates believed to have a legitimate chance of winning the election.

Sanders, a self proclaimed socialist, is not as well known to the average American as Hillary Clinton. So this debate will be the first time that most Americas will get to listen to him speak live for prolonged periods of time.

Clinton, who has been around in the political spotlight for years, has had her views heard by the majority of the country. There are many different theories for how she might approach the debate, but government teacher here at Faith Lutheran, Mr. Ryan Watts, gave us his thoughts on how Sanders and Clinton will approach the debate Tuesday.

“Clintons strategy should focus on how Sanders plans on accomplishing his very ambitious policies like tuition free colleges. This would be especially difficult if he has to work with a majority Republican party in the House and Senate of Congress. Sanders will need to keep appeasing the far left base of the Democrat party with his populist positions and his regular guy disposition that will be a contrast to Hilary’s robotic demeanor,” Watts told us.

Perhaps neither Clinton nor Sanders are really the favorites on the Democratic side. Speculation of current Vice President, Joe Biden, electing to run in 2016 has floated around the media lately. According to Watts, “CNN has even said they would allow him to participate in next weeks debate if decides that day to run for president. Most polls have him beating out Clinton one on one and they even have him doing better then her versus all of the potential Republican candidates.”

The debate is proving to be must see TV. Who’s the best candidate? Tune into CNN Tuesday October 13 at 5:30 and decide for yourself.