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by The two will face each other in the first presidential rematch since Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956...(but) it seems like policy discussion will once again take a back seat, with political mudslinging and personal attacks continuing.
The first US Presidential Debate is scheduled for 9pm, ET, 27th June (For India, 6:30 am IST, Friday).
Research & Publications Division
Unfortunately, the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump does not look like it will be a very calm affair, and it seems like there will be very little of anything but mud-slinging from both sides, but particularly from Donald Trump. The two have faced each other in two debates before, in 2020, and both those debates were noted for being very aggressive and having little actual debate on policy, with Trump particularly going on the attack by degrading Biden’s character, with Biden doing it right back.
Four years later, the two will face each other in the first presidential rematch since Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956, though presidential debates did not exist back then. Trump is looking to be the second President ever to serve two non-consecutive terms after Grover Cleveland became the first in 1892. Biden, meanwhile, is going to continue being the oldest President in American history, which is a very big point of controversy regarding him, as his opponents have accused him of not being fully lucid and hiding some dementia that he may have, observing various gaffes and stumbles of his, amplified by Republican media. Meanwhile, Trump himself has continued to be very erratic on the campaign trail, saying many things that people have found befuddling and confusing. With the candidates being 81 and 78 years old respectively, the American people seem to be exasperated at having to vote for them yet again.
The election, and therefore the debates, are likely to be fought on four main issues- the cost of living crisis, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights and abortion.
Trump’s party, the Republican Party, have consistently hammered on the first three, particularly on immigration, as they blame Biden for allowing millions of people to cross the Mexican-American border to seek asylum in the US, which Trump has opposed very heavily. Trump will certainly use this rhetoric very much in the debate, along with the cost of living crisis, especially inflation, which has hit the American people very hard.
Republicans have fear mongered a lot about LGBTQ+ people, with transgender people especially coming under attack from Republicans in many states, with bans on gender-affirming care, transgender athletes competing in sports and even bans on legally changing one’s gender coming into effect. Trump is certain to use the same language in the debate, and his critics have pointed out that his fear-mongering has motivated this raft of anti-trans legislation.
Meanwhile, on the topic of abortion, the Democratic Party, led by Biden, has consistently outperformed the Republicans, as their liberal position is the most popular, with the Republicans facing stunning setbacks in various state elections almost entirely due to this issue. The Republicans’ desire to impose a total or near-total abortion ban in every state is very unpopular and is the leading cause of why people turn away from them, and it can be expected that Biden will make use of this argument to attack Trump in as many ways as he can.
Even so, it seems like policy discussion will once again take a back seat, with political mudslinging and personal attacks continuing.
This is the pre-debate coverage of the 2024 US Elections, hosted by IFPP's Election Watch.
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