How Harris's and Trump's debate styles match up based on past performances

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Trump has a track record of making meandering, often-false comments and, at times, uses a showmanship style during debates.
46% : But Trump often doesn't show restraintDuring the first presidential debate in 2020, Trump and Biden got into a heated exchange over the Green New Deal.
43% : Voters will look for Harris to clearly define her policies after a condensed campaign, while Trump will face an opponent expected to be more formidable on the debate stage than his last challenger.
41% : During the debate, Trump noted that those women were in the audience.
39% : Trump, after being asked about how he has described women during an August 2015 Republican presidential debate by then-Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly, called the question "off base" and said Kelly "had blood coming out of her eyes.
38% : Pressed about the tape, Trump apologized for his comments, but described them multiple times as "locker room talk."
37% : "During that GOP debate, Trump defended his past remarks about women as "fun," adding that the country overall was too "politically correct.
34% : "Ahead of Tuesday's debate, Harris has been practicing taking on Trump in mock setups of a TV studio.
32% : "I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence," Trump said.
31% : During her speech at the Democratic National Convention last month, Harris described Trump as being "unserious.
28% : In another instance when Biden struggled while answering a question about immigration, Trump called him out when it was his turn to speak.
26% : Nearly an hour into a debate in 2016, Trump held up his hands while speaking about their size, an obvious allusion to his genitalia, which he said was in response to a previous comment from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
24% : "I don't want people to go around thinking that I have a problem," Trump later said.
19% : The matchup is a high-stakes moment for former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, whose clash over microphone rules led Trump to suggest he would skip the debate before agreeing to the rules.
17% : Similarly, Trump has rehearsed responses to expected criticisms from Harris about his character.
15% : Trump sometimes loomed behind Clinton as she fielded questions.
15% : Trump occasionally steps backBefore Harris became the Democratic nominee, Trump's relative restraint during his debate against President Joe Biden helped him.
15% : As Biden stumbled, appearing confused, Trump stayed silent, glancing at the president a couple of times without immediately saying anything.
11% : In that first debate, Biden grew tired of Trump's interruptions, eventually asking: "Will you shut up, man?"Trump is a consummate showmanTrump, who hosted the reality TV competition "The Apprentice" for years, has an affinity for dramatic flair and has not shied away from using atypical strategies during and ahead of debates.
8% : Trump doesn't hold back when speaking about -- or to -- womenTrump faced criticism for how he spoke about women throughout the 2016 campaign, while Hillary Clinton made gender a focus of her presidential bid.
7% : Trump referenced Clinton's impeachment and the $850,000 he paid to close out a 1998 sexual harassment lawsuit.
3% : Talking over each other as moderator Chris Wallace tried to get them to quiet down, the conversation descended into Trump accusing Biden of insulting the military and Biden denying the claim.
3% : Before the second debate against Hillary Clinton in 2016, Trump held a news conference with three women who claimed they were abused by her husband, Bill Clinton.
2% : "In 2016, Trump and Clinton faced off in a debate after The Washington Post broke news about the 2005 video showing Trump having a lewd conversation about women with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush.

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