At 9 00 a. M. , headed tonights debate, university of missouris Mitchell Mckinney talks about the history of president ial debates. Host good morning, it is the washington journal for september 29 and your look looking at video at case western reserve theersity, that the site of first president ial debate between President Trump and joe biden. Cspans coverage of that event starts at 8 00. We want to hear from you in this first hour on when it comes to president ial debates, do they matter . Weathering helping you decide or perhaps hearing about candidates positions on policy issues. Heres how to call to let us know. If you support President Trump, 2027488000, if you support joe biden, 2027488001. If you are undecided or support others, it is 2027488002. If you want to text us, do so at 2027488003. cspanwj. Itter pollingeet journal to on president ial debates asking the questions on if they matter. Some of what they found saying more than 70 of americans say the debates wont matter much
Tonight, and we expect a large assume those debates even increase in their viewership where a lot of the political campaigning conventions, other forms of political communication, has waned over the past several years. Not so with debates. We actually set a record four years ago. Brought theey largest crowd, but that first debate was almost 82 Million Viewers. The alltime record. Most of those viewers tuning in, what we have learned, as high as 90 plus percent of those are there to cheer on their candidate and to root for the candidate that they already are committed to. Typically a small slice of viewers and voters who have not been following the race very closely, who are uncommitted, and what we found that small slice, they use the debates to make a candidate choice, a voting commitment. That number, typically in our studies, has been anywhere from 2 to 4 , never more than 5 . And yet, in terms of a race where the dynamic is affected, particularly bad around states, that slice of de
Bidenharris supporters. Here is the number for you if you are anybody else. Now, if you cannot get through on the phone lines and still want to make a comment, try texting us. Here is the number two text. Please include your first name and your city in the text so we can identify you. As always, at facebook and at twitter. We will begin taking your calls in just a minute. Our viewers might already know this. A viral moment from the debate, a unexpected guest tonight, fly lands on mike pences head tonight. Heres a picture of that. It goes viral. The Joe Biden Campaign tweeting this out after the bait. Dont let this debate buzz off. Selling flyswatters. If lots away swats away flies and lies. Cnn. There is this from at the end of the debate, Vice President mike pence and senator harris ended up with nearly the same amount of speaking time, differing by just a few seconds. Take a look at the amount of time spoken. Here is the final speaking tally. Mike pence with 36 minutes, 27 seconds. 3
Mike pence campaigning and i was spoke at a rally in carter lake, he told supporters to fight for the president s reelection. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. I think i will get rid of this, thank you so much. Wonderful to be here with the Vice President , the honorable david young who will be coming up after me, this whole concept of people coming along saying america was never great, i wonder where those people came from because today recognized this nation being defended by a ragtag bunch of militia men became the most powerful nation in the world in record time. That does not happen to a nation that is not great. What was the world like before the United States of america . Stop and think about what the world was like. There were despotic leaders just trampling over other people. They have to think twice about that now, think about the innovation, the entrepreneurship, the hard work that went into making america into a great place, that is what makes us the kind of place
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