ATLANTA (AP) — The primary general election debate of the 2024 election season is right here, and it’s a historic second it doesn’t matter what occurs on stage.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are participating in Thursday night’s debate in Atlanta. Not solely is it the first-ever matchup between a sitting president and a former one, but it surely’s additionally the primary debate for both candidate on this 12 months’s election. And it’s occurring so early within the basic election marketing campaign cycle that neither man could have accepted their get together’s formal nomination but.
Right here’s how you can watch the talk:
What time is the talk?
The controversy will begin at 9 p.m. ET Thursday. It’s being moderated by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
What channel is the talk on?
CNN is carrying the talk stay on its broadcast community, in addition to on CNN Worldwide, CNN en Español and CNN Max. Viewers may also stream it with no log in on CNN’s web site. A number of networks have additionally agreed to hold the occasion stay.
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The place is the talk?
The setting for the primary basic election debate is CNN’s studios in Atlanta. In contrast to the Republican major debates, no viewers shall be current.
As soon as a Republican stronghold, Georgia was a pivotal battleground in 2020. Each events are making ready for an additional carefully contested race within the state this 12 months. Trump additionally faces an indictment in Georgia for his push to “find 11,780 votes” and overturn Biden’s victory based mostly on false or unproven theories of voter fraud.
Which candidates shall be on stage?
Two candidates — Biden and Trump — shall be on stage. For a time, it appeared like they wouldn’t be assembly up in any respect.
Biden’s marketing campaign had proposed excluding third-party candidates, equivalent to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from the debates outright. Below the talk fee’s guidelines, Kennedy or different third-party candidates may qualify in the event that they secured poll entry enough to assert 270 Electoral Votes and polled at 15% or larger in a collection of nationwide surveys.
Each CNN and ABC introduced the identical qualification threshold, saying candidates might want to attain a minimum of 15% in 4 separate nationwide polls of registered or probably voters that meet their requirements, between March 13 and every week forward of Thursday’s match up. Final week, CNN introduced that Kennedy hadn’t met those markers.
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Trump didn’t participate in any of the GOP major debates, so that is his first time on stage this cycle. Biden didn’t debate any of the Democrats difficult him, both.
Final month, Biden introduced that he wouldn’t take part in fall presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan fee that has organized them for greater than three many years. As an alternative, his marketing campaign proposed that media shops immediately manage the debates between the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees.
Hours later, Biden mentioned he had accepted an invite from CNN, including, “Over to you, Donald.” Trump, who had insisted he would debate Biden anytime and anyplace, mentioned on Reality Social he’d be there, too, including, “Let’s get able to Rumble!!!” Quickly after that, they agreed to a second debate.
What’s up subsequent?
ABC will host the second debate on Sept. 10. The community has not supplied particulars on the place its occasion could be held, solely that it could be moderated by anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis.
And don’t overlook in regards to the operating mates. Trump hasn’t named his but, however Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an invite from CBS Information to debate her eventual rival in studio on both July 23 or Aug. 13.
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Meg Kinnard could be reached at http://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP.
