The Commission on Presidential Debates will sponsor the first in a series of four debates, focusing on Domestic Policy issues. The venue will be the University of Denver and Jim Lehrer (Host of NewsHour on PBS) will moderate. The debate will start 9:00 pm (ET).
Format: The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate. The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.
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