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The first public debate for candidates seeking the Nairobi governorship was an anti-climax of sorts as it was snubbed by two key contenders and those who participated ganged up against the incumbent, Evans Kidero.

According to well placed sources, the President has not been formally invited to the debates by the organisers.

Durante el primer debate presidencial de EE UU, el tráfico a favor de Trump fue el doble de los que apoyaban a Clinton, y un 33 % de los apoyos al actual presidente provenían de cuentas de robots

Este jueves el candidato presidencial de la Alianza de Oposición, Salvador Nasralla, retó públicamente a un debate a Juan Orlando Hernández, actual presidente de Honduras.

Nairobi gubernatorial candidates will on Thursday subject each other to scrutiny in a debate to be hosted by the Kenya Alliance of the Residential Association (Kara).

El debate de los candidatos presidenciales de Chile Vamos estuvo marcado por los enfrentamientos.

The candidates have focused mainly on negative campaigning rather than political debates, leading many Mongolians to lament the lack of options this year.

Walker además opinó: "Ayer asistimos a un debate presidencial de Chile Vamos que fue vergonzoso, tenemos de aquí a 5 meses la posibilidad de marcar la diferencia".

Mientras se transmitía el último debate presidencial de Chile Vamos, la candidata utilizó su cuenta de Twitter para recordar que Sebastián Piñera rechazó la propuesta del Frente Amplio de organizar un debate entre los candidatos de esa coalición, con los de Chile Vamos.

Although the format (e.g., opening and closing, sequencing, timing, and grouping of questions) was great, it wasn’t a presidential debate, where voters could critically judge three candidates based on their values/principles, election platforms and/or policy options.

However, given Raila’s current levels of aggressiveness, his dismissal of entire Kenyan institutions and those who now man them on Jubilee’s watch, including the Defence Forces, it is hard to see even the Presidential Debates scheduled for next month, going smoothly.

Previous research into ‘dual screening,’ when individuals switch between broadcast media and social media and provide commentary during media events, has suggested that this ‘viewertariat’ is typically a small but vocal minority (Anstead & O’Loughlin, 2011; Vaccari et al, 2015) . My aim here is to