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What Went Down During The First Presidential Debate
So one thing we’ve talked about is what role moderators play as real-time fact-checkers. What do you make of Wallace’s role so far? Should he be doing more?
The candidates are discussing health care, which is the third most important issue named by respondents to the FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll. However, Biden supporters are much more likely to name it as a top issue than Trump supporters.
COVID-19 and the economy are Americans’ top two issues
Share of respondents who named each issue as the top one facing the U.S., according to a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll
| issue | share of | all Respondents |
|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 31.7% | |
| The economy | 21.6 | |
| Health care | 7.9 | |
| Racial inequality | 7.4 | |
| Climate change | 5.2 | |
| Violent crime | 4.8 | |
| The Supreme Court | 4.5 | |
| Economic inequality | 3.0 | |
| Immigration | 2.8 | |
| Education | 2.6 | |
| Abortion | 2.3 | |
| Gun policy | 1.9 | |
| Other | 1.6 |
Here we go, Trump trying to align Biden with Sanders and “the far left.”