Do Vice Presidential Debates Matter

If you think that vice presidential debates like the one on oct.

Do vice presidential debates matter. They vote for who the presidential nominee is. October 11 2012 12 01 pm. 22 with the vice presidential debate on oct. The exception was the 2008 debate between joe biden and.

Byu political science professor richard davis believes this one might matter a lot. 7 between vice president mike pence and u s. Despite the hype sometimes debates are just good television. It did and it wasn t good for trump.

Currently the debates will be on sept. There have been no elections that were transformed in any meaningful way by this debate. Five days later neither average had moved so much as a point. Kamala harris have no political impact i have two words for you.

Tonight s does because either contender could be president soon. Camille busette thursday october 8 2020. The real clear politics averages for obama and mccain were at 49 and 43 3 respectively on the morning of the vice presidential debate. People don t vote based on who the running mate is.

In fact viewership for the vp debates usually drops way off. Salt lake city as vice president mike pence and california senator kamala harris get ready to debate at the university of utah on wednesday some people wonder whether vice presidential debates matter. The running mate is just along for the ride. But vice presidential debates haven t proven to be deciding factors when the whole race is taken into account.

In his 1996 book do campaigns matter. But little happened during the debate or in the polls afterward. The trump campaign is asking for the final late october event to move to early. Do vice presidential debates matter.

Daniel larison the short answer is that they don t matter much at all in terms of the election outcome. Unless one of the. Vice presidential debates usually don t matter. In the past vice presidential debates have never really mattered.