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Duration and place of the debate:
the debate will last 90 minutes and will take place at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland (Ohio), in the presence of a limited audience and under special conditions due to the pandemic.
It will start at 01:00 GMT (11:00 p.m. Paris, 9:00 p.m. local).
It will be hosted by Fox News reporter Chris Wallace and televised.
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Preparation:
awaited for months, this televised duel leaves little room for improvisation.
The opponents prepared for a long time to dominate the face-to-face (re-reading of the opponent's program, revisions of current affairs files, and rehearsal of the grand oral).
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Topics discussed: a
few hours before the start of the debate, Chris Wallas announced the topics discussed, namely: the balance sheets of Trump and Biden, the Supreme Court, the Covid-19, the economy, the integrity of the election , racism and violence.
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Poll:
Joe Biden leads nationwide voting intentions, but the two candidates are neck and neck in the "swing states".
The undecided represent around 9% of the electorate, according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll.
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Two other debates will follow, on October 15 in Miami (Florida) and October 22 in Nashville (Tennessee).
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