He has no public events on his schedule this week and is sending top surrogates like running-mate Kamala Harris out on the trail instead. President Trump, on the other hand, is sticking to his typical schedule, hosting large rallies across the country.
In the days before the debate, he'll hopscotch between live events in Arizona, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. According to voter surveys before and after the first debate by polling website FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos, voters reported a slight decline in support for Trump, and a slight boost for Biden.
And in the days after the face-off, the former vice-president gained some ground in national polls, widening his lead by about three percentage points. Still, debates are typically targeted at voters who have not yet made up their minds, and there don't seem to be many of them left. A really simple guide to the US election. How to avoid another Trump-Biden 'car-crash' debate. Why this VP debate actually matters. Who will be next US president?
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The six segments will address six separate topics:. The last debate was a mess. Will this one be any different? Pity the host. As Hillary Clinton and his primary opponents can attest, he is a destabilising, unpredictable presence on the stage - and if he can fluster Biden, it might sow the seeds of doubt in the minds of the Democrat's less devoted supporters.
While doing so, he will also have to be prepared for Biden's counterattacks - including criticisms about how he has handled the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the duties of the presidency. Quite the opposite. The president has endured some of his most awkward moments sitting across from Wallace, whose command of the detail is legendary. An interview in July went viral when Wallace told Mr Trump he'd taken the same cognitive ability test the president touted, telling him it was "not the hardest test".
A registered Democrat, Wallace has said moderating debates is a serious business as it helps "millions of people decide who we're going to elect". For the second debate, we'll have C-Span's political editor Steve Scully moderating. That's a town hall format which means real people get to play a part too. Who could forget Ken Bone from ?
Biden's showing is similarly a concern for Reem Sabha, a year-old graduate student in Seattle. She says she worries the Democrat's debate performance and policy plans may not translate to actual votes.
Viewership has been on the decline , but millions of Americans still regularly tune in. It's both entertainment and informative - for many voters the debates help cement their candidate of choice. Mr Kennedy's team made sure he looked fresh for the close-ups, while Mr Nixon, who was recovering from an illness, donned an ill-fitting suit and was seen wiping sweat off his brow.
The story goes that most of the 70 million TV viewers felt the youthful Mr Kennedy had won, while those who tuned in solely on radio thought it was the more experienced Mr Nixon. Mr Kennedy did see a jump in the polls after the debates, even though we can't say for certain it was due to his small screen prowess. Republican challenger Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter in their debate by keeping things short and sweet. Where Mr Carter tried to highlight policy and history, Mr Reagan used one-liners to his advantage.
He responded to one of Mr Carter's lengthy criticisms by saying simply: "There you go again. In , Democratic candidate Al Gore's debate performance against George Bush may have cost him the presidency. His sighing and eye-rolling during his Republican counterpart's responses came across as condescending to many voters and made it into a Saturday Night Live comedy skit.
If you were a debate moderator, what would you want to ask Mr Trump and Mr Biden? America's gaping political divide will be laid bare again on Thursday night as Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden go head-to-head in the third and final presidential debate of the race for the White House.
In what will be a mostly empty auditorium at Tennessee's Belmont University, the two candidates will set out their competing visions for the country and clash over some of the most important issues facing Americans, such as the coronavirus pandemic.
With less than two weeks to go until election day, the debate will be the last opportunity for both candidates to command the attention of millions of Americans as they seek to shore up votes among their respective political bases and win over floating voters yet to decide on who they want in the Oval Office come next year.
Ms Welker is also set to quiz the two candidates on American families, national security and leadership, with both Mr Trump and Mr Biden each given two minutes to answer. A coin toss will decide who gets to answer the first question and who gives their concluding remarks. The Commission on Presidential Debates has organised election debates for more than three decades and each contest has been 90 minutes in length, apart from , when Ronald Regan and Jimmy Carter went at it for an hour.
Historians say that modern debates can be traced to a series of Illinois Senate debates held by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in
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