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Muted mics, no opening statements and more: What are the rules for tonight's Harris-Trump presidential debate?

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -18% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : And while its the second debate of the general election, its the first between the two candidates -- and the first time Harris and Trump will meet in person.
53% : After a virtual coin flip held Tuesday and won by Trump, the GOP nominee opted to offer the final closing statement, while Harris chose the podium on the right side of viewers' screens.
36% : Trump reluctantly agreed to the mute function when he faced Biden in June, but after that debate, his team determined it was a net positive if voters did not hear from the Republican former president while his opponent was speaking.
23% : The parameters now in place for the Sept. 10 debate are essentially the same as they were for the June debate between Trump and President Joe Biden.
14% : Though the September debate is currently the only debate currently planned between Harris and Trump, Harris' campaign said that a potential October debate was contingent on Trump attending the Sept. 10 debate.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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