With the Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debates upon us, the quadrennial question comes begging: Do these showdowns matter?
The chances for impact seem ripe this year. The two most unpopular major-party candidates in the history of ABC News/Washington Post polls are facing off. Donald Trump’s unorthodox campaign style and provocative positions have piqued public interest; the debates may be the single best opportunity for him to allay concerns about his qualifications, temperament and policy promises alike.
Read More >>Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s team scrambled Tuesday to stem the political damage from Democrat Hillary Clinton’s wins in early reviews of their first debate.
Both global financial markets and everyday voters in polls said Clinton carried the day in the highly anticipated showdown.
Read More >>Hillary Clinton stepped onto the debate stage Monday night determined to show that only one candidate is ready to be president.
Hillary Clinton demonstrated a command of policy on Monday night, and a cool confidence that she was more prepared than Donald Trump to be commander in chief. By the end of the first presidential debate, Trump looked peeved and distracted. He didn’t get in a clever one-liner to defang Clinton’s criticisms. The media’s focus groups of undecided voters (on CNN and FOX) rated Clinton as the clear debate winner.
Read More >>Tonight’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will help to frame the election for the last several weeks of the campaign (but probably not determine it, as Mitt Romney learned to his sorrow after outperforming President Obama in the first debate of 2012). The Washington Post offers several things to look for in this evening’s clash:
5 things to watch at the presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
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The union representing the nation’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and staff is throwing its support behind GOP nominee Donald Trump.
It’s the first time ever that the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council has endorsed a candidate for president, according to a statement posted on Trump’s campaign web site Monday.
Read More >>Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will meet Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., for their first presidential debate — the face-to-face culmination of months of fierce political battle. They will bring their own aims and political baggage, their own styles and quirks.
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