For the first time, the Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Jim Webb, former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, debated on Tuesday night, without Republican candidate Donald Trump generating the ratings. The candidates were given the opportunity to outline their vision for the country. Obviously, some earned a ton of applause while others didn’t.

Sanders’ plan was to expand Social Security. Although he forgot to mention that the new taxes that would incur, Sanders was able to establish his passionate, liberal ideas about climate change and inequality.

On the other hand, although Clinton said before that her Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was a "gold standard," she revised it during the debate by saying how she "hoped" it would be as she has expected, according to FactCheck. She got a ton of applause and good commentaries on Twitter. "Clinton was confident, relaxed and good-natured. She was aggressive from the start and savaged Sanders on his past votes on gun," according to The Washington Post.

As the youngest candidate, the former Maryland governor O'Malley cited the statistic that 70 percent of the employed U.S. population has been earning the same or fewer than 12 years ago - but FactCheck says otherwise, since the average weekly earnings of each rank-and-file worker is up 5.8 percent. O'Malley even tried attacking the Clintons by saying, "I respect what Secretary Clinton and her husband have done for our country. But our country needs new leadership to move forward," according to The New York Times.

As for the former Virginia senator, Webb spent his speaking time complaining about having a little time to speak, saying, “I’ve been trying to get into this conversation for about 10 minutes.”

Lastly, the former Rhode Island governor Chafee attacked Clinton, saying that he is a man of "no scandals" and even claimed that his state had the "biggest drop of the unemployment rate over my four budgets of all but one state." But in truth, four states had larger percentage point drops, and 10 states had larger percentage declines over his tenure, according to FactCheck.

The Democratic candidates’ first debate was held in Las Vegas and was hosted by Anderson Cooper of CNN.

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