The common perception about political debates is that they exist to give candidates an opportunity to persuade people to vote for them. In reality, however, debates are more about not giving voters a reason to vote against you, the thinking being that, by the time the debates roll around, most people have already made up their minds anyway. If a voter has already decided to vote for you, you don’t want to change his or her mind. If they haven’t decided, you don’t want to push them toward the other guy. In other words, debates are nearly impossible to win; they’re…
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