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What to know about tonight's debate
- Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will face off in their first presidential debate together.
- The stakes are high for both candidates: Harris, who entered the race just seven weeks ago, has limited time to define her candidacy and win over voters. Meanwhile, Trump's allies hope that he can stay on message and turn around what has been a rocky summer for his campaign.
- The two campaigns agreed to use the same rules and format as in June's debate between Trump and President Joe Biden, including muted microphones (a rule the Harris campaign had sought to change).
- The debate — hosted by ABC News and simulcast on NBC — is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. ET and last roughly 90 minutes.
Trump allies hope the debate will turn the page from Harris’ ‘honeymoon’
Allies of Trump see tonight’s debate as a pivotal moment for the Republican presidential nominee — a chance to shore up support and turn the corner from Harris’ post-nomination “honeymoon.”
“Failure would give people permission to leave,” said a former adviser, adding that Trump must clear a bar set by his own performance against Hillary Clinton in the second presidential debate of 2016, when he was seen as taking her to task on policy issues and skipped the rage-infused language of his stump speech.
Democrats to target voters on Philly college campuses ahead of debate
The Democratic National Committee plans a large youth voter push in Philadelphia today by urging area college students to “Google Project 2025” in a concerted effort to energize Gen Z registered voters ahead of the presidential debate, according to a memo shared first with NBC News.
The DNC plans to target 100,000 students through campus kiosks, mobile billboards and flyers tying Trump to Project 2025, an outline of far-right policy proposals created as a blueprint for the next Republican president.
“Young people in Philadelphia have the power to make a difference in this election,” DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman said in a statement. “As students in Philadelphia return to campus, Democrats are making sure they know that their future hangs in the balance this November.”
The campus kiosks will appear at Drexel University, Lafayette College, Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania and Widener University with material arguing that Project 2025 would negatively affect students’ lives.
Trump has publicly denied any knowledge about Project 2025 on several occasions.
The latest NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z Poll found that half of Gen Z voters say they’ll vote for Harris in November, while one-third say they’ll vote for Trump.
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