March Madness? How about October Mayhem. The dates and venues are all set for the 2012 presidential debates between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, as is the date for the vice presidential debate.
Below you will find detailed info on where to watch the debates, when, and who the moderators will be.
Tune in to PolicyMic on the days of each debate for complete, wall-to-wall coverage of the presidential debates.
Tickets – Tickets for each debate are controlled by the Commission on Presidential Debates and are extremely limited (i.e. at the U. Denver debate, only U. Denver students can attend ... students from any other Colorado College are excluded ... at the VP debate at Centre College in Kentucky, not even Centre students are allowed) since the debates are primarily produced for television. The majority of tickets are distributed to host university students and faculty through a lottery system. Please click the "Tickets" link next to the college name listed below for further information.
TV – Each debate will be broadcast LIVE on ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, as well as an array of cable news channels including CNN, Fox News and MSNBC among others. Talk about media saturation.
Live Stream – Each debate will be streamed live online on PolicyMic. Check back here for the live stream.
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October 3, 2012 |
Topic: Domestic policy
The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate. The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic. |
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October 11, 2012 |
Topic: Foreign and domestic policy
The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the question. |
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October 16, 2012 |
Topic: Town meeting format including foreign and domestic policy
The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have 2 minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization. |
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October 22, 2012 |
Topic: Foreign policy
The format for the debate will be identical to the first presidential debate and will focus on foreign policy. |
Should be a doozy
