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Public Forum Debate is a form of competitive debate where debaters use their evidence and impacts to outweigh the benefits and harms of the opposing side. The topics for public forum have to do with current-day events relating to public policy. Debaters work in pairs of two, and speakers alternate for every speech.
Public forum debate is a 2v2 style of debate with topics that change every two months in the fall and every month in the spring. [45] The event was developed by Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, specifically so that there could be an event focused on being accessible to laypeople. Public Forum debates tend to focus on current events issues and ...
The first debate was hosted by New England College on January 8, 2024. [16] A second event (described as both a debate and a forum), hosted by Dan Abrams on NewsNation, took place on January 12, 2024. [17] Debates featuring at least two major candidates are included in the following table.
July 10, 2024: In an op-ed, Sen Peter Welch of Vermont becomes the first Democratic senator to go public with a plea for Biden to exit the race.The same day, “multiple sources” tell CBS News ...
Here is a timeline of the events that have redefined the 2024 presidential race: June 27: Biden and Trump debate in Atlanta, with many Democrats panning Biden’s poor performance.
From legal cases to attempted assassinations, 2024 proved to be a roller coaster in U.S. politics. Legal cases, attempted assassinations and a pivotal debate: The biggest political stories of 2024 ...
The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump turned into a heated matchup that lasted more than 90 minutes. The night started with a ...