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President Trump and Vice President Biden finally met face-to-face for the first presidential debate. It was a particularly chaotic affair as both candidates couldn’t stop interrupting each other and launched more insults than policy objectives. I mean, how important are debates really to winning a presidential election? Do either Trump or Biden really need to perform well in order to get elected? What does history tell us about presidential debates? Voters might want substance, but history says it’s mostly about style.