By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time when they take the stage for the presidential debate on ABC on Tuesday night at 9 p.m.
With the race on the knife edge, the candidates are battling it out in Philadelphia, with just 55 days left in this unprecedented campaign.
Follow all the developments in DailyMail.com’s live blog.
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The Democrat and Republican will participate in the second 2024 general election debate, but there will be some major changes since Trump’s showdown with President Joe Biden in Atlanta in late June.
The biggest change, of course, is that Biden has dropped out of the race, with Harris now at the top of the Democratic ticket and having chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
It was his disastrous performance at the June debate, and the pleas of several leading Democrats, that forced the 81-year-old president to participate in late July.
Trump also survived an assassination attempt on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, since the last debate.
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The rules have been officially set for the highly anticipated presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, after the campaigns clashed over whether to mute microphones, raising questions about whether the debate would happen at all.
The high-stakes event, hosted by ABC News, will take place on Tuesday, September 10 in Philadelphia and will mark the first and possibly only time the former president and vice president will ever meet.
Both candidates are under pressure to deliver a stellar performance on the debate stage, with less than 60 days until Election Day, when a number of voters are already able to cast their ballots.
The 90-minute must-see event is hosted by ABC News anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis, who are the only ones asking questions.
The weakness that could derail Kamala Harris’ debate: Experts reveal the vice president’s fatal mistake that could lead to disaster
Vice-Chairman Kamala Harris will participate in the most important political debate of her career on Tuesday evening, but her performance on stage has been inconsistent.
Harris participated in several presidential debates with a group of ambitious Democrats during her failed 2020 presidential campaign, when she tried to break away from the crowd and go viral.
Tuesday’s debate with Harris marks Trump’s seventh general appointment election debate since 2016, while this is the first time Harris has faced a Republican presidential nominee.
Political strategists who have groomed Republican candidates spoke to the DailyMail about her strengths and weaknesses in debates.
Harris is very good at preparing, rehearsing and delivering prepared texts, even though her attempts at going viral are not always successful.
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