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Trump and Biden in the final debate live on October 22 – Photo: REUTERS
The final debate between the two candidates in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22 (October 23 Vietnam time) took place with only 12 days to go until official election day.
Observers observed that both candidates presented a more civilized face than the first chaotic argument: calm, measured and respectful.
The pandemic is issue number 1
Thanks to the out-of-rule microphone effect during the first two minutes of each question, the candidates had the opportunity to present their point of view more clearly.
While the content of the debate may lack specific policy plans, it at least helps American voters to see the apparent opposition between the two candidates in deciding who to cast their vote to. .
Not surprisingly, the debate moderator, NBC News reporter Kristen Welker, chose the COVID-19 pandemic as the opening topic.
In the context of the United States facing the third wave of COVID-19 epidemics, the 2020 presidential election is also the referendum on how to handle the epidemic of the 45th president of the United States.
Trump is no longer talking about a ready-to-use COVID-19 vaccine in the United States before his first term ends, but he does convince voters to believe that the United States is very close to its possible time. pandemic control.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden said Trump did not have an effective plan to prevent the epidemic.
Biden warned of the “dark winter” ahead when the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has reached more than 220,000 and emphasized: “Anyone responsible for so many deaths should not be in office.”
However, overall, in the final debate, both candidates have yet to come up with clear response plans for the COVID-19 pandemic.
So even when many voters have a clear idea of who to trust to face a pandemic, those hoping for a clear answer to what is to come will be disappointed in the competition. Commentary.
PBS said that in this debate, when he said, Trump seemed better prepared with a very clear line of attack. The boss who tries to build an image of rival Biden is a person who can only speak and not act.
For example, Trump said of the Obama administration’s lack of significant criminal law reforms and asked Biden: “He is 8 years old (referring to the time Mr. Biden was vice president of Obama – PV). So why didn’t he? ”.
If Trump carefully chooses when to attack his opponents, Biden is more direct, focused and clear in his choice of controversial wording. While Trump did not respond to questions directly, Biden made simple and robust statements.
For example, when speaking of racism, Mr. Biden said, “The reality of the matter is that there is racism that has become institutional in the United States”; or when talking about the environment, Mr. Biden said: “Global warming is a vital threat to humanity. We have a moral responsibility to face it ”.
Probe: I don’t know who to believe
CNN’s quick poll (which has an anti-Trump slant) of opposing viewers showed similar results to the DataProgress poll when 53% said Biden won, 39% said Trump won.
While (pro-Trump) Fox News had a big difference: 74% of the audience said that the current president of the United States had won the last debate, and only 24% went to Biden.
Meanwhile, according to the October 23 update data from RealClear Politics, the average percentage of polls for US voter support shows that Biden is leading with 51.4%, while Trump is 42.7%, but the difference in battlefield states is less between the two opponents.
Obviously, after the debate, there will be expert judgments on who is the winner. However, many American newspapers and radio stations believe that the debate will not have much influence on voters, because most of them have made their own decisions.
The Scientific American page has its argument that shows that presidential debates generally don’t make a big difference to most voters.
With more than 40 million Americans voting so early, it is clear that the presidential debate is not their dominant factor. A big question arises, and it is certainly not easy to measure: can Trump and Biden convince doubting voters?
Kristen Welker shines
During the Oct. 22 debating session, NBC News reporter Kristen Welker was said to have performed the best among 2020 election coordinators, receiving praise from both Trump and Biden.
The 44-year-old journalist maintained control of the debate from start to finish, rarely allowing candidates to interrupt or walk away from the debates they had chosen.
His questions were also very focused, leading to almost precise answers from Trump and Biden.
