Are you in favor of date for 1st Presidential debate being moved up?

[sikofit]

Can we please get back to the topic of the sitting POTUS desperately needing more debate time?

[westaussie]

What Trump wants and needs may not match reality.

[altair1013]

@sikofit

Can we please get back to the topic of the sitting POTUS desperately needing more debate time?

Why yes, yes we can. And we can’t also discuss Joe desperately avoiding more debate time. news conferenced or questions.

Basement Joe. Or Hiden Biden.

[sikofit]

@altair1013

@sikofit

Can we please get back to the topic of the sitting POTUS desperately needing more debate time?

Why yes, yes we can. And we can’t also discuss Joe desperately avoiding more debate time. news conferenced or questions.

Basement Joe. Or Hiden Biden.

Desperate is the side needing more than the historical norm. Three debates was enough for Reagan to obliterate Carter. If Trump is half the President he claims he is then 3 debates should be plenty to best a frail and diminished racist socialist.

[altair1013]

@sikofit

Desperate is the side needing more than the historical norm. Three debates was enough for Reagan to obliterate Carter. If Trump is half the President he claims he is then 3 debates should be plenty to best a frail and diminished socialist.

Three is enough. But I think at least one should be held before voting starts. To me that’s just common sense.

[sikofit]

Yet it’s worked perfectly fine for 44 years having the debates start at the end of September/beginning of October.

[altair1013]

@sikofit

Yet it’s worked perfectly fine for 44 years having the debates start at the end of September/beginning of October.

Do you know what has changed? I’ll tell you. Early voting. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to debate BEFORE the election starts?

[westaussie]

Will the Trump campaign ask for more and earlier VP debates between Harris and Pence (or Haley)?

[NickN]

@westaussie

Will the Trump campaign ask for more and earlier VP debates between Harris and Pence (or Haley)?

Not a chance. VP debate in 2016 trended down in terms of drawing lower viewership than 2012.

VP debate ratings lowest since 2000

[westaussie]

Should ratings be the criterion used? What happened to the need to provide voters the opportunity to learn about the VP candidates?

[NickN]

@westaussie

Should ratings be the criterion used? What happened to the need to provide voters the opportunity to learn about the VP candidates?

It has been about 44 years since the tradition of VP debates began here in the USA.

Bob Dole vs Walter Mondale were the participants back then.

No reason to believe the one debate format reserved between VP’s will be changing anytime soon and regardless of how they rate.

Ratings reveal data campaigns use to help know where best to put their funds towards. Then advertisers can justify the monies they want to charge

VP’s are often selected to strengthen the ticket in their respective home states.

[westaussie]

Yet there seems to be a push to break tradition by adding another presidential candidates’ debate and to bring forward the first one. Tradition can be cast aside under some circumstances it seems.

[NickN]

@westaussie

Yet there seems to be a push to break tradition by adding another presidential candidates’ debate and to bring forward the first one. Tradition can be cast aside under some circumstances it seems.

Yes, tradition is often trumped in extraordinary times.

I imagine in 2024 and assuming the virus is gone more traditional campaigning formats will again rule the roost.

[sikofit]

@NickN

@westaussie

Will the Trump campaign ask for more and earlier VP debates between Harris and Pence (or Haley)?

Not a chance. VP debate in 2016 trended down in terms of drawing lower viewership than 2012.

VP debate ratings lowest since 2000 - POLITICO

Of course it was lower. It was Pence vs Kaine, talk about boring

[westaussie]

Under those circumstances three VP candidates’ debates shouldn’t be a problem.

[NickN]

@westaussie

Under those circumstances three VP candidates’ debates shouldn’t be a problem.

LOL, that is quite a leap you made here for 2024.

To me, one is more than enough for VP’s now and always .

The top of the ticket is far more paramount to all concerned.

Frankly, I believe most people

[westaussie]

I am referring to 2020. Just extrapolating the comments that the 2020 presidential candidates’ debates should be more than three and should have the first one earlier to expand the role of VP candidates’ debate.

[NickN]

@westaussie

I am referring to 2020. Just extrapolating the comments that the 2020 presidential candidates’ debates should be more than three and should have the first one earlier to expand the role of VP candidates’ debate.

To be clearer, Biden not potentially debating at all is what the Trump campaign is currently vetting with the undecided"s .

It is my opinion, the Trump campaign will in large part ignore Harris.

And Trump sticking to debating Biden three times himself is a solid strategy.

[NickN]

@westaussie

I am referring to 2020. Just extrapolating the comments that the 2020 presidential candidates’ debates should be more than three and should have the first one earlier to expand the role of VP candidates’ debate.

Seems like VP Pence is planning only for one debate (Salt Lake City Wednesday, October 7th) with his latest wanna be candidate.

See some comments yesterday including from our 48th and current vice president of the United States:

Pence tells Harris he looks forwards to VP debate: ‘I’ll see you in Salt Lake...

[westaussie]

I am amazed he hasn’t suggested there should be more than one VP debate.