The presidential debate on Monday is the first one-on-one showdown between two unpopular candidates who have tried to make the election about the abject terribleness of the other. There is a chance the debate will be the most-watched campaign event in American history. About 70 million people watched the first debate of 2012; a Fox News Channel executive told Adweek that he expects 80 million to watch this one. “I think there’s a lot more at stake here than in a normal presidential debate,” said Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates: 50 Years of High-Risk TV. Thirty-nine per cent think Clinton will do better, 27 per cent think Trump will do better, and 33 per cent don’t know, a YouGov poll found.

Source: thestar September 25, 2016 13:41 UTC