The two main contenders for the post of US president, Republican Party candidate Donald Trump and Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris, will face each other on Tuesday, September 10, in a televised debate, which will be watched by tens of millions of Americans.
The debate, widely seen as a pivotal moment in the presidential campaign, will take place in Philadelphia on ABC News live and will be hosted by two hosts, David Muir and Lindsay Davis.
As a Republican candidate, Trump was already US President from 2016 to 2020, when he was defeated in the elections by the current US President Joseph Biden from the Democratic Party.
If he wins the elections scheduled for November 5, 2024, Trump will again become the president of the USA and remain in office until the next election in 2028.
If, on the other hand, Kamala Haris – currently the vice president of the USA – wins, she will become the first woman to hold the position of head of state since the founding of the USA, at the end of the eighteenth century.
Joseph Biden (81) wanted a second presidential term, but he came under attack from his own party and the American public due to his very poor performance in the televised debate with Trump on June 27, after which the question was raised whether he could, due to his age, perform the job of president for another four year.
A few weeks after the debate, Biden withdrew from the race for candidacy and proposed his vice-president Kamala Harris as the new Democratic candidate, behind whom the party soon united.
This act crushed the Democrats, so Trump’s previous lead over Biden in public opinion polls melted away.
The outcome of Trump’s election matchup with Kamala Harris is difficult to predict because, as polls show, their chances are equal.
Voice of America points out that the two candidates have never met or even spoken on the phone.
The TV duel on ABC will be their first live meeting. They will stand a short distance from each other behind lecterns at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Their discussion will last 90 minutes, and the conversation will be directed by the presenters.
The debate is scheduled eight weeks before the official election day, November 5, but also just a few days before the start of early voting in some of the 50 US federal states.
