ACROSS AMERICA — The first presidential debate of the 2024 election season will be held Thursday night, and local residents will be tuning in to see the first-ever matchup between a sitting president and a former one.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are taking part in Thursday night’s debate in Atlanta, which will be the first debate for either candidate in this year’s election. And it’s happening so early in the general election campaign cycle that neither man will have accepted their party’s formal nomination yet.
CNN will be airing the debate live and you can also stream it without a log in on CNN’s website. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the debate and several other networks willbroadcast the debate live, according to the Associated Press.
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We’d like to hear from you: Let us know if you plan to watch tonight’s presidential debate in our unofficial Patch.com poll below. We may share some of your responses in a future Patch.com article and in our political reporting for the 2024 election.
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About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say they are “extremely” or “very” likely to watch the debate live or in clips, or read about or listen to commentary about the performance of the candidates in the news or social media, according to the Associated Press.
The poll suggests tens of millions of Americans are likely to see or hear about at least part of Thursday’s debate despite how unusually early it comes in the campaign season. Both Biden and Trump supporters view the debate as a major test for their candidate — or just a spectacle not to miss.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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