That was easy. Donald Trump and Joe Biden briefly argued on the airwaves over the debate.
“Anytime, anywhere, anywhere,” the Republican candidate challenged. “I hope you have a good day,” the president retorted in a cinematic style.
Within a few hours they both agreed. joe bidenHis proposal to televise two presidential debates before the Nov. 5 election, at CNN headquarters in Atlanta on June 27 and at ABC Forum on Sept. 10.
There will be more role-playing to come. and an agreed showdown. Mr. Biden has already rejected President Trump's counteroffer to hold two more debates, including one on Fox News.
But the United States appears to be on track to once again hold a debate between the front-runners for the White House, as it has done in most presidential cycles since JFK replaced Richard Nixon in 1960. It looks like. The UK only succeeded in retaining a suitable comparable prime minister leader in the 2010 debate.
The two candidates will face off under different circumstances than before. The two parties are scheduled to meet early in the election year without normal rules in place.
Both sides agreed to give a cold shoulder to the widely respected Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), which had proposed three debates in front of large audiences as Election Day approached.
Republicans and Democrats have determined that the CPD model is outdated due to the changing nature of campaigning and voting, the evolving demands of the media, and most of all the unique nature of this campaign as the two leading candidates have emerged. did. Earlier this year, they became the oldest in American political history.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney quipped to HuffPost: “It's funny and informative. It's like the two old men from 'The Muppets.'”
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The traditional CPD argument is one of the many norms of American politics that has been upended by CPD. donald trump.
A subsequent poll on who won in debates found that he was bad at debates.
He “losed” all three meetings with Hillary Clinton in 2016 and both debates with Biden in 2020.
Biden also “won” vice presidential debates with Sarah Palin in 2008 and Paul Ryan in 2012.
But it is President Trump's actions that will be remembered. He walked around the stage and posed a threat behind Hillary Clinton.
He invited his husband's alleged ex-girlfriends to sit in the front row of the audience.
Before the first debate, he called Biden “demented” and taunted him to the face, saying, “Joe, you don't have any smarts.”
Trump refused to follow the rules and got into a discussion with the host over Biden.
A senior White House correspondent summed up the first presidential debate as “a huge mess in a dumpster fire, a train wreck.”
The next scheduled debate was canceled after President Trump refused to take the required coronavirus test to participate, which was later developed.
For the final debate, a technician was hired to turn off participants' microphones except during their allotted speaking time.
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It is usually the weaker party who brings up the argument. Biden is trailing by a narrow margin in major polls, and at 81 years old, he needs a debate to prove he is still fit for the job.
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Many observers believe the president actually shows fewer signs of cognitive impairment than Trump, who is only four years younger and whose rallies have become increasingly incoherent rants.
There is a good chance that Biden will once again “defeat” Trump when the two debate this summer. But there's a good chance Trump's antics will win the majority, and he's certainly making an impression on some voters.
A look at the issues discussed four years ago helps explain why both sides are reluctant to let the commission take charge this time.
Republicans have accused the CPD of bias, while Democrats have accused it of failing to maintain order.
Significantly, the first debate of the year will be held on CNN, making it the first time in U.S. presidential history to be held in a studio without a live audience.
Additionally, there is a growing trend toward early voting, with voting beginning in September in some states, and both parties were hoping to hold their campaigns early in the summer.
Biden and Trump during the 2020 presidential debate in Nashville.Photo: Reuters
The agreed-upon debate will be a head-to-head battle between Biden and Trump, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is working hard to win enough state votes to qualify for the CPD debate. Therefore, this is a good thing for both parties.
Opinion polls show he could garner votes from each member of Congress and have a decisive influence on who wins.
President Biden gift-wrapped debate invitations with a cheeky tag that read, “I heard you're free on Wednesday,” following criminal court ruling Where President Trump is currently on trial Closed on Wednesdays.
The dates they agreed on were actually Tuesday and Thursday, but the investigation is still ongoing.
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The first Biden vs. Trump debate of 2020 drew 71 million viewers in the U.S., making it the third most-watched presidential debate after 2016 Trump vs. Hillary Clinton and 1980 Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter. It became a meeting.
However, the average audience for debates is decreasing.
Leading political statistician Nate Silver says, “There's almost nothing that moves the polls these days because the candidates are so well known and everyone is so partisan.” points out that it is one of the few fixed points that can have some direct influence on an election campaign. .
American news networks have learned that President Trump is driving up ratings, even if their editorial policies are to the contrary.
CNN provided saturation coverage of Trump's rallies in 2016 and recently apologized when Trump was allowed to monopolize the network's “town halls.”
Now, the network and its guest debaters have let go of the protections provided by CPD and the highly regulated debates in front of live audiences on college campuses.
Broadcasters will be under pressure to demonstrate that they can offer viewers fair and informative programming, rather than just entertainment.
The precedent for success is not very good in the UK. Since 2010, broadcasters have abandoned following a strict formula to cooperate.
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By competing with each other, they effectively gave whips to politicians, who were free to withdraw their support or give their support.
Since then, subsequent debate-style election programs have not provided significant input or influence to the campaign. The viewers, the voters, are losing out.
This year, the two men vying to become leader of the free world are deciding how to argue.
It's never encouraging for a democracy that a senior senator like Mitt Romney is first compared to The Muppet Show.
