By John F. Di Leo -
Presidential debates are about many things. First and foremost, of course, is the result: which candidate performed better; which campaign will do better in the days and weeks to come?
This is a difficult question. Unlike the debate programs of high schools and colleges, which have specific scoring rules so that victors can be objectively determined, a presidential debate is terribly subjective. One’s personal opinions of candidates and moderators, issues and parties, can’t help but factor into one’s evaluation.
Nevertheless, they are always informative in some way, and the first presidential debate of 2020 did not fail to produce plenty of notable takeaways:
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