No. 6 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Progressive host, The Young Turks
Cenk Uygur co-created The Young Turks, the progressive news and commentary show he has hosted since 2002.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Cenk Uygur's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Takes on opponents on air and on stage, including a debate with Ben Shapiro on health care and money in politics at Politicon in 2017.
Born in Istanbul, Uygur moved to the United States in 1978 and studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Law School. He practiced law briefly before turning to talk radio and television, launching The Young Turks in 2002.
He founded the political action committees Wolf-PAC and Justice Democrats.
On the record
2025
August 3, 2025
One against many
Against 20 Democrats and Republicans · Jubilee, Surrounded
Uygur argued that political power in both parties is ultimately controlled by money and media, against a room drawn from both sides.
2024
April 11, 2024
Formal debate
Against Ann Coulter and Sohrab Ahmari · The Free Press and FIRE, Majestic Theatre, Dallas
Uygur and Nick Gillespie argued against shutting the border at The Free Press's first America Debates event, both citing their own immigrant families.
2017
July 2017
Formal debate
Against Ben Shapiro · Politicon, Pasadena
A head-to-head with Ben Shapiro before about 3,000 people. Coverage at the time noted a rough reception from the crowd after Uygur questioned the audience.
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