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What To Know About Tonight's Harris-Trump Debate -- Including The Rules

Sep 10, 2024 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -20% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Harris was up 3.7 points over Trump by Aug. 23, a high in her polling average, according to FiveThirtyEight.
51% : That's how many points Harris leads Trump by, according to FiveThirtyEight's polling average.
39% : Trump said earlier this month he also agreed to a Sept. 4 debate on Fox News and that the ABC debate would be Sept. 25.
36% : Prior to Harris launching her candidacy on July 21, Trump led Biden in polls.
35% : An NBC spokesperson also indicated the date Trump floated was not official, according to CBS News, which reported the spokesperson said the network has had conversations with both campaigns about a range of dates.
28% : Trump's campaign in 2020 argued against then-host Commission on Presidential Debates' decision to turn off mics during the second debate following repeated interruptions from Trump during the first debate.
25% : The rules for the ABC News debate mirror the ones Trump and Biden followed during the June 27 debate on CNN, including no live audience and muted microphones.
8% : Trump agreed last month to debate Harris after suggesting he might back out amid a feud over the rules.
7% : Trump repeatedly waffled over whether he would debate Harris, bashing the network as biased.

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