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The principal reason is that, according to research from Harvard Business School, 72% of voters make up their minds more than two months before the election – meaning few people will change their minds by the time candidates are behind the debate podiums.

The Liberal Democrats have threatened legal action against the channel after they were overlooked for the debate, with party leader Jo Swinson insisting that ITV: "cannot and should not exclude the only woman leader who is able to be the next Prime Minister".

Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis will hold a debate with up to ten journalists and political analysts on Tuesday afternoon. The event, which will take place in the Carol I hall of the Central University Library - BCU in Bucharest, will be a US-style debate, Liberal MEP Rares Bogdan, one of the

It is a basic rule of British politics that anything copied from America is liable to fit imperfectly. This is certainly true of television debates between prime ministerial candidates.

Luego de más de dos décadas impulsando y realizando debates electorales, la Asociación Nacional de Jóvenes Empresarios (Anje) reunió en un hecho histórico para el país a cinco medios de comunicación que apoyarán en la promoción, transmisión y cobertura de los debates electorales que el gremio

The channel has followed the BBC in inviting only the SNP, Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem leaders to face each other, leaving out the Greens and the Brexit Party.

El intercambio entre Martínez y Lacalle Pou tuvo otro episodio similar al debate argentino, en este caso al segundo acontecido el 20 de octubre. En ambos casos el punto de mayor tensión ocurrió al hablar sobre acusaciones de corrupción y de acomodos políticos, en especial porque hubo involucrados

Do televised debates really help us decide who would make the best Prime Minister? They might tell you something about a party leader’s personality but they don’t really tell you whether they will be much good at the job they’re applying for. You can have the right idea about how to run the health

Uproar soon ensued over who should be allowed to take part in the TV debates, with the smaller parties criticising their lack of representation on our screens. They—rightly—argued that televised leaders’ debates should fairly reflect the choices facing the electorate, rather than attempt to retrofit

Pasó el debate presidencial de cara al balotaje del 24 de noviembre. Comenzó con una presentación de ambos candidatos a la presidencia, Lacalle Pou hablando de las mentiras de las últimas semanas con respecto a los derechos. Mientras que, Daniel Martínez tomó una postura más humana y comenzó

Leaders’ debates in future election campaigns might be better if there were more of them but some featured only the main contenders for prime minister, federal debates commissioner David Johnston said Tuesday.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar publicly complained about gender bias in the race, saying voters and the media were giving rival Pete Buttigieg, a small-town mayor, more support and attention because he’s a man. A woman with a similar resume, Klobuchar argued, wouldn’t be taken seriously enough to make the