Final US debate civil instead of chaotic but abstention looms
Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Chicago
In the second and final US presidential debate there was no repeat of the chaotic first debate which was internationally ridiculed as the “worst debate ever”.
The debate moved past personality and got into some informed discussions on policy, which was a positive step, but many noted that a “normal debate” was a very low bar to set.
In the past two weeks, the incumbent Donald Trump has made up significant ground in the polls. The US does not elect their president by general election but by an electoral college. In five of the eight key battleground states the lead of Trump or Joe Biden is less than three points, which is within the margin for error.
Donald Trump returned to what got him elected: stressing his outsider status and his allegations of establishment corruption. He asked that if Biden did not solve longstanding problems despite spending 47 years in Washington, why would he solve them now? Trump repeatedly brought up what has been the largest issue in the past week: new emails and other alleged proof of shocking financial corruption by Biden via his son, Hunter. Biden denies the allegations.
Both candidates have a fair reason to say they won: Trump acted more “presidential” in this debate; Biden’s advanced age and coronavirus isolation does not seem to have impaired his intellectual faculties, as many have openly speculated. The election now enters the home stretch, with the vote on November third.
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