The president of U.S, Joe Bidenand former president donald trump They will face each other this Thursday in the first debate of the November 5 elections, an appointment at a transcendental moment because the Democrat managed to surpass his Republican rival for the first time in the polls, which are fiercer than ever.
The campaigns of both candidates are aware that tens of millions of Americans They will tune in to CNN to watch the game face to face and prepare for the game knowing that any mistake that goes viral could tip the scales.
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trump He has topped the polls all year, but his image has deteriorated slightly since he was found guilty in New York of falsifying business records to buy the silence of a porn actress in the 2016 elections.
Bidenon the other hand, it has in its favor the winds of the latest surveys with an upward trend during the last week that came firstalthough the difference is so narrow that it does not allow predictions to be made.
The national average of searches by portals FiveThirtyEight It gives the current president 40.8% of voting intentions, compared to 40.7% for his Republican rival. This makes tomorrow’s debate a decisive meeting.
“Even if there are a few thousand people in key states who change their minds after the debate, that would alter the trajectory of these very close elections.he told EFE Aaron Kalldirector of the Debate Program at University of Michigan.
The election campaign has not yet formally started, so the debate is unusually early, but candidates are in a hurry to win early voting, which in some states begins in September.
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Expected personal attacks
for 90 minutesthe two oldest candidates in history will face each other –Biden He is 81 years old and trump card 78 – and also the most unpopular, which will lead many citizens to vote for who they consider the lesser evil.
All eyes will be focused on the lucidity and vigor of Biden, increasingly questioned for his mistakes, and for Trump’s ways, known for his farces and insults. Furthermore, both lack practice, as they have not debated since 2020.
The Republican has been revving up his engines for days and exploiting the weaknesses of the Bidento those who challenged to take a toxicological test to prove that they will not come to the debate doped.
Trump will attack the country’s immigration management Democratic administration given what he considers a “invasion”, and will point the finger at inflation that makes family purchases difficult.
For your part, Bidenwho was locked up in the presidential residence of camping David To prepare, he intends to portray his predecessor as a danger to democracy, as to this day he still does not recognize his defeat in the 2020 elections.
It will also mark him as a criminal due to his recent conviction in New York and the various pending accounts he has in court, including the accusation of assault on Capitol of 2021, when a crowd of horn players tried to prevent the transition of powers.
The general feeling among analysts is that it will be a face-to-face with more personal attacks what proposals.
“Both are vulnerable to being knocked out by the insults from the rival. “They can both lose their temper, more than any other candidate in the past, and they really hate each other,” presidential debate expert Steven Fein told EFE.
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Without an audience and with microphones turned off
Despite their mutual disdain, both managed to reach agreement on the rules and format of the debate, which will be a type of revenge of their two tense face-to-face encounters in 2020.
This time, however, the debate on the CNN They will be more orderly and have fewer interruptions than four years ago, as only the microphone of the candidate who has their turn to speak will be on.
The event will not have an audience and will be moderated by journalists Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. Biden and Trump They will not be able to speak to their advisors during the two commercial breaks and are prohibited from having notes prepared.
By lot it was decided that the podium of the Biden is located on the right side of the screen and the trump to the left. The Republican will be in charge of ending the debate with final statements.
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