September 29, 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate for the first time in Cleveland on Tuesday night. Howie Hawkins completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey.
“With so much of the electorate already clear on whom they will support, I think the key thing to watch for is: ‘What will move undecided voters?’ I define that as people who are either soft Biden or Trump supporters, backing a third-party candidate or undecided. And those people aren’t likely to tune into a debate but will see whatever two to three moments get replayed on Facebook, shared on social media, etc.”
– Perry Bacon Jr., FiveThirtyEight senior writer
Election Updates
Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic are hosting the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. ET. The debate will be 90 minutes
long without commercial breaks. It will be divided into 15-minute segments on the following six topics selected by moderator and Fox News anchor Chris Wallace:
The Trump and Biden records
The Supreme Court
COVID-19
The economy
Race and violence in our cities
The integrity of the election
Howie Hawkinswill protest the debate and the qualifying rules set by the Commission on Presidential Debates in Cleveland on Tuesday night.
Hawkins completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. Click here to read his responses.
Jo Jorgensenis hosting an event in Cleveland on Tuesday night, where she will answer questions submitted by the public.
The editorial board of USA Today made its first presidential voting recommendation ever to oppose Donald Trump. It did not endorse Hillary
Clinton.
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