If former President Donald Trump wants to win tonight’s debate, he needs not to discuss his theory that President Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. Both candidates are known entities, so they do not need to compete for the spotlight. Rather, whoever has more attention focused on them during this debate will likely suffer as their flaws are emphasized on national television.

Trump is currently in a strong position in the election. According to the Washington Post’s polling averages, he is leading in five of seven battleground states. If the polls are as incorrect as they were in 2020, he would win all seven of the battleground states polled. Recent polling also showed that more voters trust Trump to handle threats to democracy than Biden.