2020 United States presidential debates

Background

On October 11, 2019, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced it would host four debates, including three presidential debates between incumbent president Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden and a single vice presidential debate.

In late 2019 and early 2020, before Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee, Trump's representatives stated that Trump might not attend the debates, claiming the prior debates in 2016 were unfair.[2] However, Trump changed his mind on the issue and suggested that there be four debates instead of the originally scheduled three. At the end of June, representatives of the Biden campaign announced that they had agreed to the original schedule.[3][4]

Debate schedule

Three presidential debates and one vice presidential debates have been scheduled:[5]

The second round was to meet at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, but the school demurred because of COVID-19 fears in June 2020.[6][7]

References
  1. Goldmacher, Shane (October 11, 2019). "2020 Presidential Debate Schedule Announced for General Election". The New York Times.
  2. Haberman, Maggie; Karni, Annie (January 24, 2020). "Trump May Skip Debates, or Seek New Host, if Process Isn't 'Fair'". The New York Times.
  3. https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-06-22/joe-bidens-campaign-commits-to-3-presidential-debates
  4. Sarah Mucha. "Biden campaign agrees to 3 debates with Trump and slams push for more as 'distraction'". CNN.
  5. "Media". The Commission on Presidential Debates. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. Veronica Stracqualursi. "Commission on Presidential Debates announces second presidential debate moved to Miami". CNN.
  7. "U-M no longer hosting Oct. 15 presidential debate". The University Record.
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