I personally like most of these 20 candidates and will vote for whoever wins the primary, as I think the most important thing for the Democrats is to kick Donald Trump out of office.

Ronnie Ann Herman

Canaan, N.Y.

To the Editor:

I am a lifetime Democratic voter and am becoming more and more disenchanted with the debates and the candidates. This format does nothing to showcase individual candidates but allows the loudest and most bombastic to come out ahead. All this is doing is revealing to the Republicans how divided the Democrats are.

I have a better idea. Each candidate should be on live TV alone with three moderators for 30 to 45 minutes and asked the same questions. The responses should be time-limited. This would allow us to hear each candidate’s response in a calm environment.

I am afraid that the present format only leads to Democratic infighting that helps President Trump. I am sickened at the possibility that Mr. Trump could actually be re-elected.

Elliot L. Greenberg

Nanuet, N.Y.

To the Editor:

Re “Rivals Battle Over Health Care, and Blows Fly Left and Center” (front page, July 31):

Each time Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other progressives mentioned, defended or tried to explain “Medicare for all” and its various offshoots, one of Motown’s best songs kept ringing in my ears — the Supremes’ “Stop! In the Name of Love.”

What they said confused, bewildered and frustrated me, as they said so many seemingly complicated and contradictory things. The more they said, the more confused I got.

When the debate finally ended I didn’t know whether Medicare for all would cost me a lot of tax dollars, some tax dollars or none; whether everyone would be covered by it or just a portion of the American people; whether it would take years to fully implement or could be done quickly; whether it was far better or inferior to private insurance; whether it would replace private insurance or whether private insurance would be still be an option; or whether it would be a panacea for our insurance problems or just a further headache.