Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates explains how tonight's town hall debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney poses particular challenges for candidates as they must engage directly with voters.
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US President
Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt
Romney will face each other for their second debate tonight at
Hofstra University, in Long Island, New York.
The format will be a town-hall style, where candidates will take questions
from undecided voters selected by the Gallup polling company.
Janet Brown, executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates,
emphasised that the tone would be different – because it would be normal
citizens, not professional journalists, asking the questions.
"Most candidates enjoy this because it's quite different, the questions
are different, the experience is different, you are surrounded literally by
an arc of citizens who are there looking at you and listening to the
conversation," she said.
The stakes are high, with much of the pressure in the coming debate on
President Obama, who put in a poor performance last time they met.
While Mr
Romney's team will aim to build on a commanding opening debate that
gave the Republican new life in a White House race that had once appeared to
be slipping away from him.
The debate at Hofstra University falls exactly three weeks before Election Day in what promises to be one of the closest presidential contests in recent US history.
The vote takes place on 6 November.
The debate at Hofstra University falls exactly three weeks before Election Day in what promises to be one of the closest presidential contests in recent US history.
The vote takes place on 6 November.
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