Both candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agreed that the microphones of the debaters should be one at a time, rather than at the same time.
US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will hold their first debate next Tuesday. They will air on ABC. The biggest controversy was caused by the issue of microphones. Harris agreed to the mute rule when it was his opponent’s turn to speak. The debates between Trump and Biden followed the same rules, which ended in the failure of the current president and his removal from the race.
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The rules for the debate between Trump and Harris will be similar to those used in the June debate between Biden and Trump.
Specifically, the candidate debates are audienceless, last 90 minutes with two commercial breaks, and the microphones are only turned on for the candidate’s turn to speak. Only moderators are allowed to ask questions.
On the campaign trail, Harris has previously spoken out against the mute microphone rule. Ultimately, the Democratic nominee’s campaign said it still believed the debate format would be “fundamentally disadvantageous” because it would “serve to shield Donald Trump from direct exchanges with the vice president.” At the same time, the headquarters added that they are adopting rules so that the debate can take place.
“We understand that Donald Trump threatens to skip the debate entirely, as he has previously threatened to do, if we do not agree to the format he wants. As such, we have adopted the full set of rules proposed by ABC, including mute,” the statement said.
The Trump campaign said in a statement that it was “pleased” that Kamala Harris and her team “accepted the agreed terms.”
Latest Polls
Harris is slightly ahead of Trump in so-called key states, the results of which often decide the fate of presidential elections, according to a CNN/SSRS poll published on Wednesday, September 4. According to the poll, led by Harris has Trump in the states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada, but his advantage is just within or outside the statistical margin of error.
In Pennsylvania, both candidates have 47% of the vote, and in Arizona, Trump leads Harris by 5 percentage points.
In all key states, voters trust the Republican candidate more on the economy and immigration. But Harris leads Trump on the issues of protecting democracy and abortion and reproductive rights.
In addition, more than half of US voters in key states say Trump’s views and policies are too extreme. Less than half of respondents said this about Harris.
Source: korrespondent
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