The campaigns of the American president, Joe Bidenand the virtual Republican presidential candidate and former governor donald trump (2017-2021) have accepted the string format rules cnn for the first televised face-to-face before the presidential elections next November, which include muted microphones while they do not intervene and the absence of prior annotations.
The electoral debate will take place on June 27 in atlanta and will be presented by journalists from the aforementioned chain Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
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The 90-minute debate will include two pauses commercialas detailed this Saturday cnnand campaign staff will not be able to interact with your candidate during that time.
Both candidates also agreed to appear in identical podiumsand their positions in these will be determined by flipping a coin.
Among the parameters accepted by the campaigns Biden and trump It is established that the microphones will be closed throughout the debate except for the candidate whoever is responsible for speaking.
Neither will they be allowed on stage. accessory contenders nor pre-written notes, although they will receive a pen, a notebook and a bottle of water.
As in the past, moderators “They will use all the tools at their disposal.” willingness to enforce time and ensure civilized discussionaccording to the chain.
To meet the requirements of cnn For debate, candidates must be eligible to be president under the Constitution and have submitted a formal declaration of candidacy to the Federal Electoral Commissionsomething that minority candidates also fulfill Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein.
All contestants must appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency and receive at least 15% support in four national polls, something that makes only Biden and trump can participate, and that at the moment does not comply Kennedythe third most popular presidential candidate.
Last April, the five largest television networks in USA They prepared a joint letter to ask Biden and trump to participate in televised debates, given the speculation that this election year they would not reach an agreement to celebrate this traditional face-to-face event, organized for decades by the Presidential Debates Commission and not by the chains directly, like this year.
Organizing a presidential debate in June, before the conventions of both parties, which make the candidacies official, is not common, but this primary campaign has cleared the way for trump already Biden since spring.
ABC will host the second and final presidential debate in September. Televised presidential debates have been part of the tradition of USA in every election cycle since 1976.
