I think that debates always play
an important role in campaigns.
It is a way that voters get to
connect with their representatives,
or their potential representatives.
And we can put out all kinds of brochures
and websites and policy positions.
But let's face it,
voters don't do their homework that way,
they want to hear it from the candidate.
And so,
these debates offer the opportunity for
the candidate to make a direct
connection with the voter.
Now, that being said,
here we are in the middle of a pandemic.
And the door to door component
of elections is gone.
And so
there needs to be some better outreach.
And to me, these debates are going
to have to fill that gap.
I think regardless of
how these are staged,
I think that it is
important that they happen.
And there are not gonna be any
crowds in the room regardless.
So people are going to
rely on these recordings,
in fact,
they are going to rely on the media.
Probably the biggest
outcome of the debates,
from my perspective is the media analysis.
And the fact checking that come out.
It's those snippets that appear
in the newspaper and online.
That's what gets shared on Facebook and
Instagram.
Those are the things that
voters are picking up and
to me, that's what's filling in for
that knock on the door
face to face conversation.
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