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Big Majority Will Watch First Debate

September 28, 2020 at 1:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Monmouth poll finds 74% of voters plan to watch the first presidential debate live on Tuesday night, although just 3% say that they are very likely to hear something that will impact their eventual vote choice.

In addition, 63% of voters would like to see debate moderator Chris Wallace fact check a candidate who states false information, but Wallace told the New York Times he would instead just try to “be as invisible as possible.”

But from the Wall Street Journal: “Fewer Americans say the presidential debates are important for how they vote than at any time over the past 20 years.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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