It's hard to believe that we're less than a week away from the first presidential debate. Here's the schedule:
The format for the three debates (not the town hall meeting) is as follows:
During the first and third presidential debates, and the vice presidential debate, the time will be divided into eight, ten-minute segments. The moderator will introduce each segment with an issue on which each candidate will comment, after which the moderator will facilitate further discussion of the issue, including direct exchange between the candidates for the balance of that segment.
The town hall meeting format is:
The participants in the town meeting will pose their questions to the candidates after reviewing their questions with the moderator for the sole purpose of avoiding duplication. The participants will be chosen by the Gallup Organization and will be undecided voters from the Nashville, Tenn. standard metropolitan statistical area. During the town meeting, the moderator has discretion to use questions submitted by Internet.
I don't know much about undecided voters in Nashville, but I wonder how reflective they are of undecided voters nationally.
© Jed Lewison