As former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris prepare to face off in their first debate tonight, voters from our region are weighing in on the top issues they want the candidates to discuss. Many voters said they’re hoping to hear everything from reproductive rights, climate change, foreign conflict and the economy addressed during the debate. Matt Dickinson, a political science professor at Middlebury College, said tonight’s debate could carry a lot of weight over this election, because it may be the only time the candidates go head-to-head before Nov. 5. While they answer moderators’ questions, Dickinson expects candidates won’t hold back on their attacks on each other. “On the perspective from Harris, she is going to try to focus on Trump’s chaos-inducing behavior. So January 6 will loom large here, but also the threat to abortion rights,” Dickinson said. “The Trump campaign is going to try to portray Vice President Harris as more liberal than she wants to appear as she’s running in a general election.”Voters said they’re interested to see how Harris responds to questions surrounding immigration, the war in Israel and Gaza, gun control and fracking. While others are interested to see how Trump responds to his own claims about changes he’ll make to the government if elected. NBC’s special coverage of the debate begins at 8 p.m. The 90-minute debate starts at 9 p.m. The same rules from the June debate will apply: Candidates microphones will be muted until it’s their turn to respond and the debate will take place without an audience.
As former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris prepare to face off in their first debate tonight, voters from our region are weighing in on the top issues they want the candidates to discuss.
Many voters said they’re hoping to hear everything from reproductive rights, climate change, foreign conflict and the economy addressed during the debate.
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Matt Dickinson, a political science professor at Middlebury College, said tonight’s debate could carry a lot of weight over this election, because it may be the only time the candidates go head-to-head before Nov. 5.
While they answer moderators’ questions, Dickinson expects candidates won’t hold back on their attacks on each other.
“On the perspective from Harris, she is going to try to focus on Trump’s chaos-inducing behavior. So January 6 will loom large here, but also the threat to abortion rights,” Dickinson said. “The Trump campaign is going to try to portray Vice President Harris as more liberal than she wants to appear as she’s running in a general election.”
Voters said they’re interested to see how Harris responds to questions surrounding immigration, the war in Israel and Gaza, gun control and fracking.
While others are interested to see how Trump responds to his own claims about changes he’ll make to the government if elected.
NBC’s special coverage of the debate begins at 8 p.m. The 90-minute debate starts at 9 p.m. The same rules from the June debate will apply: Candidates microphones will be muted until it’s their turn to respond and the debate will take place without an audience.
