Presidential Debates Start Next Week

Next week is the beginning of the Presidential debates.  We encourage all members to watch the debates to help them cast an informed vote on November 4th. 

1. First Presidential Debate
 - Date: September 26
 - Site: University of Mississippi
 - Topic: Foreign Policy & National Security
- Answer Format: The debate will be broken into nine, 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate 2 minutes to comment. After these initial answers, the moderator will facilitate an open discussion of the topic for the remaining 5 minutes, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment

2. Vice Presidential Debate
 - Date: October 2nd
 - Site: Washington University (St. Louis)
 
3. Second Presidential Debate
 - Date: October 7
 - Site: Belmont University
 - Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the internet). Each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of 1 minute, ensuring that both candidates receive an equal amount of time to comment. In the spirit of the Town Hall, all questions will come from the audience (or internet), and not the moderator.

4. Third Presidential Debate
 - Date: October 15
 - Site: Hofstra University
 - Topic: Domestic and Economic policy
 - Answer Format: Same as First Presidential Debate
 - Closing Statements: At the end of this debate (only) each candidate shall have the opportunity for a 90 second closing statement.

All four debates will begin at 9pm ET, and last for 90 minutes.