7 things to watch at the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : At an August event in Asheboro, North Carolina, Trump said people often advise him to be nicer but, "sometimes it's hard when you're attacked from all ends.
48% : Harris and Trump didn't interact during his State of the Union addresses as president, and he didn't attend her inauguration as VP after refusing to accept the 2020 election results.
47% : "I think that Harris needs to run against Trump, not Biden ... who accomplished a significant amount during his presidency," said Harvey, the voting rights leader.
47% : "That means that if Trump were reelected, he can ensure MAGA control of the court for decades to come.
46% : It will be telling to see how much time Harris spends jousting with Trump versus speaking directly to voters about her plans and views.
34% : "The trouble is Trump isn't always the most disciplined messenger, and often rambles or revels in slinging personal attacks, which have included questioning Harris' racial heritage.
34% : But a debate stage isn't a courtroom and Trump, a former reality TV star, is experienced in what will be his seventh presidential debate when counting his past White House campaigns in 2016 and 2020.
30% : Trump has been relentless, for example, in bringing up the botched 2021 evacuation ending the war in Afghanistan that resulted in 13 U.S. troops being killed.
24% : "'Can I call you, Joe?': How Harris and Trump interactThe debate rules are the same as they were in June: no live audience, no props and (over the Harris campaign's objections) muted microphones when the other candidate is speaking.
24% : That title is currently held by the 2016 contest between Trump and Hillary Clinton, who drew about 84 million viewers during their first debate.
21% : Harris could be tripped up by Trump or the moderators on why she's changed positions on a number of issues, specifically hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, which is a big issue in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
16% : "'Prosecutor v. felon' (or reality TV star)One thing that infuriated Democrats about the June 27 debate was Biden's missed opportunity at making a coherent case against Trump on national TV.
15% : "If Trump stays on the issues, stays on message - and that's by the way can include criticizing Harris for being a flip flopper - that's OK," Gilmore said.
15% : The other top watched debates are roughly 80 million who watched the 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter; and approximately 73 million who viewed the first 2020 debate between Biden and Trump amid the pandemic.
14% : Mair said she has guided GOP candidates through debates, and will be watching how Trump responds to Harris, who is the second woman to be a major party's nominee for president after Hillary Clinton led the Democratic ticket in the 2016 race against Trump.

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