2024 Presidential Debate Information Resources
The First 2024 Presidential Debate is being held Tuesday September 10, 2024. Debate stage is at the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA. Debate will start at 9 pm EDT and will also be broadcast and streamed by ABC News. ABC News is available on a variety of media channels and devices including YouTube, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Tubi, and more. More information available here: Harris-Trump ABC News presidential debate: What time tonight, how to watch - ABC News (go.com)
Parties and their platforms
Democratic Party We are the Democratic Party - Democrats (you will first be presented with a contribution ask - click the X in the upper left of that pop-up to close and proceed to the main site)
Democratic Party Platform 2024 Party Platform - Democrats
Republican Party https://www.gop.com/about-our-party/ (you will first be presented with a contribution ask - click the X in the upper left of that pop-up to close and proceed to the main site)
Republican Party Platform 2024 https://prod-static.gop.com/media/RNC2024-Platform.pdf?_gl=1*1yii3g0*_gcl_au*MTAzNTUyMTgwMC4xNzI1OTg1NTU2&_ga=2.148805105.715435536.1725985556-908482985.1725985556
Candidate Sites
Donald J Trump (Republican Candidate) Home | Donald J. Trump (donaldjtrump.com) (you will first be presented with a contribution ask - click the X in the upper left of that pop-up to close and proceed to the main site)
Kamala Harris (Democratic Candidate) Kamala Harris for President (you will first be presented with a contribution ask - click on the link "Continue to KamalaHarris.com to get to the main site)
Debate Details
- ABC News staff David Muir and Linsey Davis will be the Moderators
- The agreed-upon rules include:
- The debate will be 90 minutes with two commercial breaks.
- The two seated moderators will be the only people asking questions.
- A coin flip was held virtually on Tuesday, Sept. 3, to determine podium placement and order of closing statements; former President Donald Trump won the coin toss and chose to select the order of statements. The former president will offer the last closing statement, and Vice President Harris selected the right podium position on screen (stage left).
- Candidates will be introduced by the moderators.
- The candidates enter upon introduction from opposite sides of the stage; the incumbent party will be introduced first.
- No opening statements; closing statements will be two minutes per candidate.
- Candidates will stand behind podiums for the duration of the debate.
- Props or prewritten notes are not allowed onstage.
- No topics or questions will be shared in advance with campaigns or candidates.
- Candidates will be given a pen, a pad of paper and a bottle of water.
- Candidates will have two-minute answers to questions, two-minute rebuttals, and one extra minute for follow-ups, clarifications, or responses.
- Candidates’ microphones will be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak and muted when the time belongs to another candidate.
- Candidates will not be permitted to ask questions of each other.
- Campaign staff may not interact with candidates during commercial breaks.
- Moderators will seek to enforce timing agreements and ensure a civilized discussion.
- There will be no audience in the room.
Armacost Library resources relevant to the elections
CQ Press site – a variety of resources associated with exploring politics, legislation, and elections
New York Times (brought to you by Student Affairs) Link takes you first to a page providing instructions on how to set up your access. Open to all University of Redlands students, faculty, and staff
Nexis Uni search resource providing access to hundreds of newspapers, magazines, newswire, and broadcast services. From the page linked above, choose “News” from the top row and then enter in your search terms
AllSides A public benefit corporation organization attempting to facilitate access to news in an unbiased manner (mainly by trying to bring together a full spectrum of viewpoints across media organizations). Check out the Media Bias Chart developed by AllSides
