Xinhua News Agency, Washington, September 30 (Reporter Deng Xianlai and Sun Ding) The U.S. Presidential Debate Committee, which is responsible for hosting the televised debate on presidential candidates, said on the 30th that in view of the situation of the first debate this year, it will modify the rules of subsequent debates to ensure more Debate in an orderly manner.
The US Presidential Debate Committee issued a statement on the same day that the situation of the first debate clearly indicated that additional structural regulations should be added to the format of subsequent debates to ensure more orderly discussion of related topics.
The committee will carefully consider the rule revision plan and announce it soon.
On the evening of the 29th, Republican President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Biden, seeking re-election, conducted the first televised debate on presidential candidates in Cleveland, Ohio.
In about 90 minutes, the two sides debated on the nomination of the Supreme Court justices, "Obamacare", the new crown epidemic and vaccines, economy and employment, racial issues, election fairness and other issues that American voters care about and debate.
According to the debate rules unanimously approved by the campaign teams of both parties, the two candidates should debate on the 6 topics selected by the debate host, each of which lasts 15 minutes.
The host started each session with a question, and Trump and Biden each took two minutes to answer, and then debated.
The moderator tried to lead a deeper discussion.
In the first debate, Trump kept interrupting Biden's speech, and Biden responded with fierce words.
The host repeatedly mediates the quarrel between the two to maintain order.
American media and analysts generally believe that chaos is a prominent feature of the first debate.
This year the US presidential candidates will have three televised debates. The second and third debates will be held in Miami, Florida and Nashville, Tennessee on October 15 and 22, respectively.