Why is there no audience for the presidential debate?

OR OUT. WHAT YOU HEAR, BARBARA? WELL, MICHAEL AND LORI, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BOTH WELL KNOWN. BUT SOME VOTERS ALSO CALL THEM FLAWED CANDIDATES IN A RAZOR CLOSE RACE, WHICH WILL BE DECIDED IN BATTLEGROUND STATES SUCH AS PENNSYLVANIA. THURSDAY’S DEBATE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH CANDIDATES TO SEIZE THE MOMENT. IT’S ONLY JUNE, BUT THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AWAY. IT COULD SET A TONE FOR AN ELECTION. POLLS SHOW IT IS A TOSS UP. VOTERS AT THE NEPTUNE DINER WEIGHED IN ON WHETHER THEY’LL WATCH. I JUST NEED TO HEAR AND SEE WHAT WHAT’S GOING ON? I NEED I NEED TO GET AN UPDATE. YES. I’M INTERESTED. MOST DEFINITELY. IS. EVERYONE ELSE IN MY LIFE IS GOING TO WATCH THEM, AND I DON’T REALLY WANT IT ON IN THE HOUSE WITH HER BECAUSE SHE’S FOUR AND POLITICIANS HAVEN’T BEEN BEHAVING THEMSELVES VERY WELL. DIANA ROSS SAYS SHE IS INTERESTED, THOUGH, IN THE ELECTION AND PLANS TO VOTE. DEFINITELY I’LL BE VOTING FOR BIDEN. HER BIG ISSUES, ANYTHING RELATED TO WOMEN’S RIGHTS BECAUSE I THINK THEY’RE BEING VERY MUCH TAKEN AWAY. THIS DINER SUPPORTS TRUMP. SHE’S GOING TO KEEP US SAFE. HIS BIGGEST CONCERN THE BORDER. I DIDN’T KNOW HIM. THAT’S A BIG ONE. THE ECONOMY IS IMPORTANT. I WOULD SAY CLIMATE IS IMPORTANT TO ME. I’M INTERESTED IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS. I THINK UKRAINE WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. THE CANONS ARE SPLIT ON WHO THEY’RE BACKING, JUST LIKE MANY OTHER VOTERS IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES SUCH AS PENNSYLVANIA. I’M A TRUMPER. I DON’T LIKE HIS PERSONALITY, BUT THE FOUR YEARS OF HIS POLICIES, I THINK, HELPED MIDDLE AMERICA MORE THAN THE OTHER SIDE EVER HAVE. I’M PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE FOR BIDEN AND YOU CAN SEE THERE MEN SUPPORTING TRUMP, WOMEN GOING FOR BIDEN, THOSE VOTERS TELL ME THE DEBATE PROBABLY WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS, BUT THEY THINK IT IS ALL ABOUT THE SWING VOTERS, TH

The first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle features several unprecedented components.Most notably, the CNN-hosted debate is the first since the inaugural presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960 without a live audience.The campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed upon this new rule. Steve Fein, a professor of psychology at Williams College in Massachusetts, told The Guardian that the choice to exclude a live audience is "rational," adding that he believes American voters will benefit.�� will reduce significantly the chances that the focus of the debate will be not on what is actually said, but on all this stuff around it �� the reaction of the audience and playing to the audience,�� he said. “I think that changes what the candidates are likely to do.“It also changes what the audience at home takes away from the debate, what they remember, what plays the news the next day �� all based on the audience reaction. Because the audience reaction may or may not be valid.”Ultimately, the hope is that the debate remains substantive and highlights each candidate's position on the issues and their legislative remedies rather than hollow attacks that prompt cheers or jeers.The lack of an audience is just one of a handful of interesting wrinkles in this debate. This is the earliest presidential debate in history, the first debate between a sitting president and a former president, and the first debate since 1988 that isn’t sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Non-speaking candidates will also be mic-muted and the broadcast will include two commercial breaks.

The first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle features several unprecedented components.

Most notably, the CNN-hosted debate is the first since the inaugural presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960 without a live audience.

The campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed upon this new rule.

Steve Fein, a professor of psychology at Williams College in Massachusetts, that the choice to exclude a live audience is "rational," adding that he believes American voters will benefit.

“[It] will reduce significantly the chances that the focus of the debate will be not on what is actually said, but on all this stuff around it �� the reaction of the audience and playing to the audience,�� he said. “I think that changes what the candidates are likely to do.

“It also changes what the audience at home takes away from the debate, what they remember, what plays the news the next day �� all based on the audience reaction. Because the audience reaction may or may not be valid.��

Ultimately, the hope is that the debate remains substantive and highlights each candidate's position on the issues and their legislative remedies rather than hollow attacks that prompt cheers or jeers.

The lack of an audience is just one of a handful of interesting wrinkles in this debate. This is the earliest presidential debate in history, the first debate between a sitting president and a former president, and the first debate since 1988 that isn’t sponsored by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates. Non-speaking candidates will also be mic-muted and the broadcast will include two commercial breaks.

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Why is there no audience for the presidential debate?

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