“Candidates: Candidates who score 2.5 percent or higher in an average of the four most recent national polls conducted through Nov. 4 will be invited to the main debate stage, the rest on the undercard stage Tuesday, December 15, 2015”
This is such a major dislike of mine. Why waste time with anyone who is polling less than 10%? Three debates so far and I haven’t had a chance to hear any of the candidates explain their positions on anything. Between insane moderators and the number of candidates on the stage, it comes down to about who was wearing what, who smiled best.
Three debates so far and I haven’t had a chance to hear any of the candidates explain
their positions on anything.
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And you won’t under the existing conditions.
The format should be set up in 3 or 4 segments with each segment a specific topic.
Example: Budget deficits, how would you manage them?
Then allow each participant a 2 couple of minutes to expain how he/she would address the issue
and maybe point out flaws in the others proposals. Some cross examinations could be allowed.
After this segment move to the next one. One moderator to manage the flow but not
really that much involved in the back and forth among the candidates.
“This is such a major dislike of mine. Why waste time with anyone who is polling less than 10%? Three debates so far and I haven’t had a chance to hear any of the candidates explain their positions on anything. Between insane moderators and the number of candidates on the stage, it comes down to about who was wearing what, who smiled best.”
You are not alone. The electorate is frustrated. There hasn’t been a lot of substance in these debates.
Because of the media’s poll #s, candidates should be excluded and run out on a rail, before a single opinion is heard or vote cast, because....popularity?
What is this, high school??
If debates, to get ideas/thoughts across to the voting masses is the point, are the point then they should be held over multiple night, with a random sampling of the field. You make #1 vs. #9 vs. #5 vs. #20 and TALK; not these 30-sec non-detailed bloviations that convey NOTHING.
If #X has better ideas/plans than #1, *I’d* want to hear it.