What Are Rules for the Trump/Clinton Presidential Debate?

After a campaign season that has seemed like it has gone on for years and years, we are finally just a day away from the very first Presidential debate. On the stage Monday night will be the two candidates representing the major parties — Hillary Clinton of the Democrats and the GOP’s Donald Trump — going head-to-head live from Hofstra University in Long Island.

All debates are from 9-10:30 PM Eastern and will be airing on all major networks (NBC, CBS, ABC, PBS, CNN, Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, MSNBC, Univision, and C-SPAN) simultaneously. There will be no commercial breaks. The candidates’ microphones will not be muted at any time. The debate will consist of six 15-minute segments. The segment topics will be preselected by Lester Holt.

The moderator will start each segment with a question, each candidate will have 2 minutes to respond. Candidates will have a chance to respond to each other. The moderator will use the remaining time in the segment to expand on the subject.

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The first debate on Monday, September 26 will be moderated by Lester Holt from NBC, and the current host of NBC Nightly News. Despite previously crediting Holt as a fair choice, Trump this week slammed the broadcast anchor, saying, “Lester is a Democrat… Okay? It’s a very unfair system.” Holt, however, is a registered Republican, and has been since 2003.

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The debate will take place on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island; the event — which will mark not only the first Clinton v. Trump showdown but also the first debate featuring Trump and only one other person; third party candidates Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, and independent Evan McMullin did not qualify to debate.

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