US presidential candidates Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will be playing live for the second and last time for the presidential election on November 3. With 12 days before the November 3 presidential election in the US, Trump and Biden will face off at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, at 21:00 local time, moderated by NBC presenter Kristen Welker.
According to the statement made by the Presidential Debates Commission (CPD), the discussion will be held on a total of 6 topics: fight against Kovid-19, family, racism, climate change, national security and leadership.
During the discussion, which will last 90 minutes in total, 15 minutes will be allocated for each topic and 2 minutes of opening speech will be given to the candidates at the beginning of each topic. The discussion will be published without advertising.
New rules after the first chaotic debate
In the first television debate between Trump and Biden on September 29, after the discomfort caused by the moments when the sides interrupted each other and the moderator, the CPD introduced new rules for today’s debate.
During the 2-minute opening speech given to the candidates after each subject title, the other candidate’s microphone will be kept off. In addition, the 15-minute episodes continue as mutual bickering, and if the candidates interrupt each other or make unnecessary intervention in the remaining time, additional time will be given to the other candidate as much as the interrupted time.
In the US, the first presidential debate that reached masses through television was held in 1960 between the Republican Party candidate, then-US Vice President Richard Nixon, and the Democratic Party candidate, Senator John F. Kennedy.
The Republican Party and the Democratic Party established the Presidential Debates Commission in 1976 to organize the presidential debates, to decide the formats of the broadcasts and which media organizations to publish.
The Commission, which derives its income from broadcasting fees from independent donors and broadcasters, determines the format and general rules of the discussions. The debate on October 15 was canceled
Trump and Biden faced off at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29 for their first television debate. The second live broadcast discussion was planned in Miami on October 15, but the discussions that started with the US President Trump’s capture of Kovid-19 and hospitalization, focused on how to hold the second live broadcast discussion, depending on Trump’s obligation to go into isolation for at least 10 days.
The CPD’s proposal, “Let the second debate be held in a virtual environment,” was not accepted from the Trump front, and the Biden side declared that Trump is still against a physical debate due to the possibility of carrying a virus.
The CPD announced in a written statement on October 9 that the second live broadcast discussion scheduled for October 15 would not be held. Upon this, on October 15, when the debate was to be held, Trump participated in live broadcasts on NBC and Biden on ABC, answering questions from voters.
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