The Republican National Convention starts in three weeks, on July 15. Californians will begin early voting for the Nov. 5 election in a little more than three months. The first major event of the general election campaign a high-stakes debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump is set for Thursday.
Polls show the race is very close. Audiences for previous debates have been huge. The country is polarized. A wildcard now is Trump's conviction last month by a New York jury on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in a scheme to pay hush money before the 2016 election.
With the two oldest candidates in U.S. history squaring off, with Trump, 78, and Biden, 81, experts say slip-ups or stumbles could play a greater role than in the past. A lot of this is going to be about appearance, not the criteria by which high school debates are judged.
Many experts expect it to be a brawl. I'm looking forward to it. I'll have my hazmat suit on, said Larry Gerston, a professor emeritus of political science at San Jose State University. When is the debate? The first presidential debate of the 2024 election.
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