United States presidential debates

A United States presidential debate is held every four years, and is only held close to a United States presidential election. Its topics include controversial topics, economics, inflation, and immigration, most of which are organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) since 1988,^[1][2] with the exception of 2024, when former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and incumbent president and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden criticized and rejected the CPD's schedule and date, and instead debated on CNN and ABC,^[3][4][5] after President Biden withdrew from the election, Vice President Kamala Harris replaced him and was nominated by the Democratic Party, debating on ABC.^[6]

1. ↑ "U.S. Presidential Debates | U.S. Vote Foundation". www.usvotefoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
2. ↑ "7 Things You May Not Know About US Presidential Debates". HISTORY. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
3. ↑ Cruz, Melissa. "Texas State presidential debate, others canceled as Commission steps down". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
4. ↑ "The Commission on Presidential Debates faces an uncertain future after Biden and Trump bypassed it". AP News. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
5. ↑ "What's the Commission on Presidential Debates? And why is it being left out of the 2024 debates?". WPTZ Plattsburgh-Burlington. Retrieved September 22, 2024 – via MSN.
6. ↑ Gomez, Tom Tapp,Patrick Hipes,Dessi (2024-09-11). "2024 Presidential Election Debate Schedule: Dates, Times, Who'll Be There & Who Won't". Deadline. Retrieved 2024-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)