For Biden and Trump, a debate rematch with even greater risks and rewards

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : The event will be the first time American voters see Mr Biden and Trump in a direct exchange since October 2020, when they met for the final debate of their last race.
55% : And yet polls have shown little movement between Trump and Mr Biden.
47% : Yet they are also preparing for Trump to deliver a more disciplined performance than in the first debate of 2020, when he had a chaotic showing that was likened to a "dumpster fire".
44% : Mr Biden hunkered down with his aides at Camp David for formal debate sessions, with the part of Trump expected to be played by the president's personal attorney Bob Bauer.
43% : Both men are widely disliked by broad swaths of the nation and locked in a tight race, though Trump had been largely narrowly ahead in national polls earlier this year.
35% : For Trump, it is a chance to make his case that America has grown more expensive, weaker and more dangerous under his successor.
32% : And is Trump going to be sufficiently restrained that people say, 'You know what?
24% : For Mr Biden, the debate in Atlanta offers an opportunity to remind voters of the chaos of his predecessor's leadership and criminal convictions, and to warn of an even darker future should Trump win a second term.
23% : For his part, Trump is preparing to answer questions about threats to American democracy and his promise to pardon rioters involved in the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.
22% : Trump is now a felon, convicted of 34 counts by a New York jury.

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