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We have seen months of sporadic campaign events, strictly controlled by a team of campaign personnel. But all that is coming to an end.
On the stage of the debate, the candidates are alone and captivated by their intuition, which is why these are the most dangerous moments.
This is your helpful guide.
When and where are Trump’s debates on Biden taking place?
There are three presidential debates on the agenda in US East Coast local time:
- September 29 in Cleveland, Ohio.
- October 15 in Miami, Florida.
- October 22 in Nashville, Tennessee.
He will also meet face-to-face with Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris on October 7 in “Salt Lake City,” Utah, at 9 pm EST.
How is the first debate?
Six questions in six segments, each 15 minute segment. The parts are:
- Trump and Biden records.
- Supreme Court.
- Coronavirus pandemic.
- Ethnic protests and urban violence.
- Electoral integrity.
Trump and Biden will each have two minutes to answer the question up front, before the dialogue begins.
What should people pay attention to in the first debate?
Analysis by Anthony Zürcher, North America Correspondent
Donald Trump is well known. It seeks dominance in the spotlight, and its strengths and weaknesses are familiar to most Americans.
That’s why the presidential debates will focus more on how Joe Biden is performing in the spotlight.
Biden’s job will be to perform consistently and safely. You need Americans, or at least enough of them, to feel comfortable with the way you think in the Oval Office.
You need to allay concerns about your age and mental vitality and avoid verbal stumbling blocks that hampered you in the past.
On the other hand, Trump’s job will be to make his opponent wrong.
As Hillary Clinton and her leading opponents can attest, it is destabilizing and unpredictable on stage, and if it manages to confuse Biden, it can plant the seeds of suspicion in the minds of less loyal Democrats.
In doing so, he will also have to be prepared for Biden’s counterattacks, including criticism of how he handled the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, and the duties of the presidency.
The debate will be the ingredient of a strong confrontation.
And there could be enthusiasm from the announcer, right?
The first debate will be moderated by Chris Wallace, Fox News announcer.
Many people might think that the Fox News anchor would give President Trump an easy ride, but it could be the opposite.
The president has endured some of his most embarrassing moments, sitting across from Wallace, who is legendary at controlling the details.
A television interview was widely circulated in July, when Wallace told Trump that he had taken the same cognitive ability test that the president had repeatedly boasted about, and told him that “it was not the most difficult test.”
Trump, who generally favors Fox News, criticized Wallace for “mimicking” his father, Mike Wallace, who was the original reporter for a CBS show.
Wallace, a Democrat, said organizing debates is dangerous business because it helps “millions of people decide who to vote for.”
The second debate will be moderated by Steve Scully, political editor of C-SPAN. This time it will be in the form of an open meeting, which means that real people can also play a role.
Finally, NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker will conclude the debating season.
Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington bureau chief, will be the vice president’s sole counterpart.
What do the followers say?
We asked two voters on our team.
Mike Harlow, a Trump supporter, 30-year-old writer and YouTube editor in New York City, says expectations are “so low for Biden” that he fears he will look like a stellar artist if “he can only speak. and stay still. ” “.
Biden’s performance is a similar concern for Reem Sebha, a 24-year-old graduate student in Seattle. She says she is concerned that the performance of the debate and the political plans of Democratic candidate Biden will not translate into actual votes.
He added: “I’m concerned that people will say that Joe Biden doesn’t have the energy to be president, or that he’s too old or that he doesn’t have the personality or the charisma.”
But when did the debates really affect the elections?
The debate audience is dwindling, but millions of Americans still love it.
They are entertaining and informative, and for many voters the debate helps solidify their preferred candidate.
In the first televised debate in 1960, the young Democratic Senator John F Kennedy faced then-Republican Vice President Richard Nixon.
Kennedy’s team worked to make sure he appeared lively in close-ups, while Nixon, who was recovering from an illness, wore an ill-fitting suit and was seen wiping sweat from his forehead.
The novel says that the majority of viewers, who at the time numbered 70 million, felt the young Kennedy had won, while those who had followed the debate only on radio believed that the more experienced Mr. Nixon would win.
Kennedy has seen a jump in the polls after the debates, although we cannot say for sure that it is due to his prowess on the small screen.
Republican challenger Ronald Reagan beat President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 debates using short and simple terms.
Carter tried to shed light on politics and history, while Reagan used humor to his advantage, responding to one of Carter’s long criticisms by simply saying, “Here you go again.”
In 2000, the performance of the Democratic candidate Al Gore in the debate against George W. Bush may have cost him the presidency.
Many voters understood that Gore sighed and his eyes caught his Republican counterpart’s response that it came from his side.