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There has long been little overlap between the Democratic and Republican positions in a politically polarized America. But increasingly they are speaking to different audiences about different issues entirely, not just different positions.

6.7 million people watched Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate — roughly a third as many as tuned in to Tuesday’s Republican affair.

The first debate will take place on Dec. 26 among the three vice-presidential candidates. The second and third debates will take place on Dec. 27 and Jan. 2 among the three presidential candidates .

The three Democratic presidential candidates will face off Saturday night in their third debate of the 2016 election cycle, this time in the early primary state of New Hampshire.

The first debate will take place on Dec. 26 among the three vice presidential candidates.

Two-thirds (67 percent) describe the presidential campaign as interesting – far more than did so before the first primary contests in the 2012 and 2008 campaigns (36 percent and 37 percent, respectively).

The presidential debates clearly have been a hit with the public. Nearly seven-in-ten (69%) say they have watched at least some of the televised debates between the candidates.

Almost 70 percent of Americans have watched at least one of the six primary debates this year — 26 percentage points higher than at this point in 2007, the last time there were contested primaries on both sides.

Los momentos más destacados en Argentina fueron el primer debate presidencial en el país, que se tuiteó mayormente bajo el hashtag #ArgentinaDebate y el #Balotaje2015.

There are about 40 days left before the 2016 presidential election. According to past practice, a televised presidential debate should be scheduled at this stage to allow candidates of various political parties to clarify their stances on key issues.

From his graduate student dormitory in the southern city of Guangzhou, Yin Hao works late into the night with an online network of about half a dozen other volunteer translators. Their task: to post the American presidential debates, with Chinese subtitles.

Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) will host a debate for Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidential candidates.