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News Articles: presidential debate

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on Sept.10, 2024 in Philadelphia.

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Trump’s own version of reality continues to confound political actors and observers

Far from being disqualifying, this feature of the Trump persona presents itself as part and parcel of his appeal.

September 14, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
Georgia voter Cameron Lewellen has struggled with his vote in the upcoming presidential election. He has voted for Republicans and Democrats in recent years.

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An undecided swing state voter watched the debate. It moved the needle

Cameron Lewellen of Georgia headed into Tuesday's debate one of the small but potentially key slice of voters who are undecided about the presidential election. After, his vote is in sharper focus.

September 12, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press following a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Shares in his Trump Media company plunged to a record low the morning after the debate.

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Wall Street investors think Trump lost the debate, too

Shares in former President Trump’s company plunged the day after his debate with Vice President Harris.

September 11, 2024
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  • Maria Aspan

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  • Elections

Listen to NPR's live coverage of the ABC News Presidential Debate Simulcast

NPR will offer live coverage, including live updates online, of the ABC News Presidential Debate Simulcast on Tuesday. Tune in to NPR's live on-air coverage starting at 9 p.m. ET.

September 10, 2024
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By:
  • Heidi Glenn
 Left: Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech as she accepts the party's nomination to be its presidential candidate at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024. Right: U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024 in St Cloud, Minnesota.

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  • Elections

Harris and Trump debate in Philadelphia tomorrow night. Here’s what you need to know

The ABC News presidential debate will be the first time Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump face off ahead of the 2024 election. Here's what to expect.

September 09, 2024
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  • Elena Moore
Kamala Harris accepts her nomination on the final night of the DNC.

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  • Politics

Debates have proved a tough test for vice presidents running for president

A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960.

September 07, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
GPB News NPR

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  • Economy

Economic Lingo Bingo: Finally, a way to make a confusing election… fun!

The team at Planet Money turned the economics terms being tossed out during the 2024 presidential campaign into a game of Economic Lingo Bingo!

September 04, 2024
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  • Brent Jones
 First lady Jill Biden speaks to supporters in Columbus on Monday as part of a three-stop swing in battleground states to launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Jill Biden rejects calls for president to step aside at rally near Georgia’s largest military base

First lady Jill Biden rallied Democrats in a west Georgia community that’s home to one of the country’s largest military bases Monday as the Biden-Harris campaign works to tamp down concerns after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in Atlanta more than a week ago.

July 09, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Tex., as seen at the Capitol on June 5, 2024. Doggett is the first congressional Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to quit his reelection bid.

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  • Elections

Rep. Doggett calls on Biden to withdraw. He's the first Democrat in Congress to do so

Rep. Lloyd Doggett represents a safe Texas seat. He says he had hoped President Biden's debate performance would give him a boost. "It did not," Doggett said.

July 03, 2024
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Deepa Shivaram
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Can Biden come back from a bad debate the way Reagan did in 1984?

After President Biden’s surprisingly weak debate performance this week, some defenders have pointed to other incumbents who stumbled in their first debate but recovered to win reelection.

June 29, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
Protestors in support of Palestine rally in midtown Atlanta on June 27, 2024.

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  • Politics

'Social justice matters': Hundreds of protesters gather in Midtown ahead of presidential debate

On Thursday, June 27, hundreds of protesters gathered at night in Midtown Atlanta ahead of the presidential debate between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican candidate former President Donald Trump.

June 28, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Sen. Raphael Warnock praises President Joe Biden’s debate performance in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.

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  • Elections

Georgians react to Biden-Trump debate

Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate.

June 28, 2024
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Jill Nolin
President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday night in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know

President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election on Thursday night in Atlanta. Find out how to watch and what to watch for.

June 24, 2024
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  • Elena Moore

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  • Politics

Georgia’s Black voters could be key as Biden and Trump vie for support ahead of Atlanta debate

Samuel Warren, a Black retiree from southwest Georgia who cuts grass for side income, recently explained the financial bottom line on why he plans to vote for Republican Donald Trump rather than President Joe Biden in their looming rematch Nov. 5.

June 24, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Republicans and others watch the broadcast at the official watch party of the Republican presidential candidates debate at The Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Aug. 23.

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  • Elections

How to watch the second GOP presidential debate

Seven Republicans vying for the GOP presidential nomination will take the stage in California Wednesday night for the second GOP debate of the 2024 elections. But the front runner is skipping — again.

September 26, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo
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