Trump will likely tie Harris to President Joe Biden’s record while she will likely present herself as a strong leader with middle-class values.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump head into a presidential debate virtually tied in national polling, raising the stakes for a showdown that could prove pivotal in the 2024 election.
“[The election] is really sitting on a knife’s edge on the electoral college,” Henry Olsen, a senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, told The Epoch Times. “One point in either direction is something that could really matter.”
We asked political experts to explain what both candidates must do to perform well in this debate—and what could happen if they don’t.
Here’s what to watch for as Harris and Trump square off at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
HarrisWinning or losing this debate could come down to which candidate does the better job of defining Kamala Harris, which will likely be the goal of both.
“We’ve seen Trump now forever, but we have not seen Kamala Harris as much,” Aaron Dusso, a professor of political science at Indiana University, told The Epoch Times. “So there’s probably a bit more at stake here, where she continues