Presidential Debate

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/30/2020
  

  The Debate Showed That Treating Trump ‘Fairly’ Only Helps Him Cheat

  by Brendan Nyhan

  "Will the media accurately describe Trump’s attacks on the election as dangerous and anti-democratic? Or will they run faux-neutral headlines like “Pure chaos on election night” if he says the vote is being stolen and tries to declare victory before all the votes are counted?"

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• SOURCE: Vox
  10-19-16
  

  Hillary Clinton’s 3 debate performances left the Trump campaign in ruins

  Donald Trump didn't just destroy himself. Hillary Clinton destroyed him.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  10-10-16
  

  Here’s the History Behind Hillary Clinton’s Abraham Lincoln Defense at the Debate

  "I was making the point that it is hard sometimes to get the congress to do what you want to do," Clinton said

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• 9-28-16
  

  What Historians Are Saying About the First Trump-Clinton Debate

  The opinions of Manisha Sinha, Juan Cole, Max Boot, Blair Kelley, Timothy Garton Ash, and others. 

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• SOURCE: PBS
  9-25-16 (accessed)
  

  Watch every presidential debate since 1960

  Track how candidates debate specific issues.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-24-16
  

  Clinton-Trump Debate Expected to Be Rare Draw in a Polarized Age

  It could well draw 100 million viewers.

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• SOURCE: Moyers & Company
  9-19-16
  

  There’s No Debate

  by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

  The candidates and the media have thoroughly corrupted the presidential debates. Our democracy deserves better. There's still time for a change.

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• SOURCE: ABC News
  9-19-16
  

  The Impact of Debates? It's Debatable

  A review of data since 1960 suggests that past debates have almost never directly and measurably changed the candidates' relative standings.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  9-16-16 (accessed)
  

  When Donald Meets Hillary

  by James Fallows

  Who will win the debates? Trump’s approach was an important part of his strength in the primaries. But will it work when he faces Clinton onstage?

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  9-13-16 (accessed)
  

  The State of the Presidential Debate

  by Jill Lepore

  How should candidates—and voters—argue about politics?