Who moderated the second presidential debate in 2016?
The second presidential debate of the general election season took place on October 9, 2016, at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Participants again included Clinton and Trump. The debate was moderated by Martha Raddatz of ABC News and Anderson Cooper of CNN.
How many people watched the Romney-Obama debate?
Join the hundreds of thousands of readers trusting Ballotpedia to keep them up to date with the latest political news. Sign up for the Daily Brew. Click here to learn more . On October 3, 2012, an estimated 67.2 million people watched a debate between President Barack Obama (D) and the Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
How will the sixth Republican debate be structured?
The sixth Republican debate is held in two parts, one main debate for the top seven candidates, and another for three other candidates lower in the current polls. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Are the presidential debates helpful or harmful?
Between 2000 and 2008, an average of 64 percent of voters found the debates helpful. Since 1988, the number of American’s who found the presidential debates helpful in the decision-making process has fluctuated from 70 percent in 1992 to 41 percent in 1996.
How much did the presidential debates affect election results?
Clinton went from 50 percent to 44 percent. In contrast, only three winning candidates seem to have been unaffected by the debates: Clinton in 1996, George W. Bush in 1988, and Reagan in 1984, though their numbers fluctuated during the debates.
How many people watched the 2012 presidential debate?
On October 3, 2012, an estimated 67.2 million people watched a debate between President Barack Obama (D) and the Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
How many presidential debates were there in 2016?
More than two dozen debates took place in the 2016 presidential election cycle (21 primary debates and four general election debates). This page served as Ballotpedia’s hub for all of them.
How did the CPD decide which candidates could participate in debates?
On August 15, 2016, the CPD released the five polls that it used to determine which candidates could participate in the 2016 presidential debates. Candidates needed to have an average of at least 15 percent in the following polls to participate in one of the CPD’s 2016 presidential debates:
Did Last Night’s response to the first debate question help Trump win?
Whether that first answer to the first debate question of the 2016 presidential election season in Columbus contributed to Trump’s eventual victory is a matter of conjecture. But last night’s response, and the attempts by his supporters in Las Vegas post-debate interviews to walk it back, didn’t help him.