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What Harris, Trump need to do to win Tuesday's presidential debate

Sep 10, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    65% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -20% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Yet Trump is expected to make the case that Harris will be a continuation of the Biden presidency and can't be trusted.
50% : A recent CNN/SSRS poll shows Harris leading Trump by 18 points among suburban women in Pennsylvania, and these are the voters who could help decide this election.
49% : Trump won the last debate of this election - but against a very different candidate.
45% : "Trump has been hit 1,000 times," said Stan Barnes, a former Republican state senator in Arizona and a political consultant.
39% : The stakes are high as Harris and Trump remain locked in an incredibly tight contest, days before ballots are mailed out in some key states.
29% : That's because Trump doesn't have to go after Harris personally, Republicans say.
24% : I'd much rather be Trump in this debate than her."
21% : As he fumbles on what to say about abortion, Trump has also been struggling to win over female voters.
20% : Trump seems keenly aware his party is on the wrong side of public opinion on abortion.
15% : They hope Trump will look stale on the stage next to her.
7% : But as she prosecutes Trump, Harris needs to avoid being drawn into an ugly back-and-forth with him.
7% : "For this, the format of the debate favors Trump: Just as in his debate against Biden, the microphones will be off when it's not his turn to speak, preventing him from interrupting Harris to interject an insult that might come across as bullying.

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