What To Expect From The First Presidential Debate

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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Politics, News

4.6 • 20.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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This Thursday, President Biden and former President Donald Trump will go head-to-head in the earliest presidential debate ever. It is also the first contest between a president and former president in over a century and the first debate not run by the Commission on Presidential Debates since 1988. In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew discusses whether historical expectations for presidential debates will apply in this unique situation. They also dissect some questionable uses of polling and preview a couple of high-profile primary races in New York and Colorado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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