Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) will go head-to-head within the vice presidential debate hosted by CBS Information on Tuesday, in what might be a pivotal second within the race for the White Home.
Vance, 40, and Walz, 60, have not duked it out earlier than, however they’ve taken intention at one another within the weeks since being named the operating mates to former President Trump and Vice President Harris, respectively.
Vance has taken swipes at Walz’s navy profession, whereas Walz has focused Vance’s Ivy League pedigree.
CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell and correspondent Margaret Brennan will average the one vice presidential debate scheduled this cycle, however the community hasn’t revealed particular particulars in regards to the setup of the occasion. It is anticipated to final about 90 minutes, starting at 9 p.m. from the community’s broadcast heart in New York Metropolis.
Folks can watch on native CBS Information stations or stream on-line through CBS Information 24/7 and Paramount+. The talk additionally will air throughout most main networks, together with C-Span and Fox Information.
The Hill will host a dwell weblog, and its sister community NewsNation will air the occasion.
The Hill/Determination Desk HQ aggregate of national polls has Harris forward by 4.1 proportion factors, however neither candidate has a agency maintain on the 270 electoral votes wanted to win the White Home.
Harris and Trump went head-to-head in an ABC Information debate earlier this month, however they will not debate once more as a result of Trump won’t agree to face off in opposition to Harris once more earlier than Election Day.
Some political pundits already are deeming the Tuesday match-up as an important one for the Harris-Trump battle.
“The veep debate will not be a decisive, nevertheless it might be dramatic,” Democratic pollster Brad Bannon wrote in a latest op-ed for The Hill.
“All of the needle must be moved is 0.1 p.c in both path, and that might be the distinction in 4 or 5 states,” Democratic strategist Steven Maviglio recently told The Hill.
That is the primary election cycle in many years that the nonpartisan Fee on Presidential Debates hasn’t organized the debates, usually held on faculty campuses.
Information organizations have been working with the campaigns to arrange the construction, however particular phrases have not been launched for the Vance-Walz match-up.
