As far as I can tell, the 2nd presidential debate of 2016 will be starting at 8PM central time (I use central time because that’s my time zone, in case there was any confusion there) tonight (October 9th). I will be on twitter for this debate, largely giving my opinion. You can always find my twitter link in the link section on my layout, but for quick access you can just click here.
There are a few things to remember when following my election tweets.
I work on Sundays, which means I will be at work during this debate. That means that if something happens at work, my tweets will stop unexpectedly until I have a free moment.
I do not work in politics. This is important because I need you all to be aware that I am not a professional political consultant or something.
I am biased. I will more than likely be voting for Clinton this year because the idea of a country run by Trump terrifies me. That isn’t to say that I support Clinton 100%, because I don’t. But if you follow me you should be aware that most of my tweets will likely be anti-Trump.
My tweets are opinions. I don’t have a perfect memory and unless I remember something specifically or it just sounds completely outrageous, I probably won’t be doing a lot of fact checking. That isn’t my job.
I will likely be watching the debate on CNN. There isn’t any really big thing you need to know about this, I just wanted to put it out there because I’m aware that CNN is also biased. I’d watch it elsewhere but for whatever reason CNN just comes in better than the other stations at work
Let’s take a minute to review what we can expect from this debate:
This debate is moderated by Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper. It will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
In the first half the moderator will ask questions, these are supposed to be focused on questions in social media and general public interest.
The second half is supposed to be questions asked by citizen participants.
Each candidate is given 2 minutes to answer a question with the possibility of a minute for discussion.
These rules have been taken from Election Central. This site has a link for submitting questions and a live stream of the debate.