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Election-year debates grow rare as candidates weigh the risks
Original: Littwin: Election-year debates are becoming increasingly rare. Is it fear or calculation? Or both?
Columnist Littwin, writing in The Colorado Sun, notes that debates between candidates are becoming increasingly rare in US election years. He asks whether the trend reflects fear of damaging moments on stage, deliberate campaign calculation, or a mix of both. The piece adds to wider debate about how candidates now limit unscripted encounters with opponents and voters.
Why now: Debates have become a flashpoint topic in current election coverage as campaigns avoid unscripted confrontations.
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- Littwin: Election-year debates are becoming increasingly rare. Is it fear or calculation? Or both? · The Colorado Sun
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