The Daily Swell
@daily · 4:19
Are Political Debates Effective Anymore?
Also, David Purdue in Georgia, he came to a debate completely unprepared, in my opinion, and Ossoff just continued to hammer him and hammer him, and then that led to Purdue opting out of additional debates. Now, when I think about the effectiveness of debates no longer really being there, I find that sad because I do believe that debates can be very effective in learning about the candidates. But I think everyone should keep in mind that a good policymaker is not necessarily good at debate
Eluchianna Olive
@Luchianna · 4:32
I think they can be effective if people stick with the issues. The problem is, I don't think people know what the issues are or the concerns are, and they really haven't did a deep dive or talk to their voters or the people that they want to represent and really get to what matters to them. So they deflect and they talk about things on a more personal level. And again, you lose voters. You lose you lose people when you do that
phil spade
@Phil · 1:13
You need people that understand how to move a conversation along, not let things get bogged down, not let it get personal, not let the name calling begin, and make sure that the debaters are held accountable to the questions that are being asked, that they're not evading the questions, and then lastly, making sure that they stay on time. And I think we really need to start cutting microphones out and really having that button over to make sure that people are staying within their times
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:13
Hey Phil and Luchianna, I think so many points here are so important and the last one you just mentioned about moderation is key and logistics is key. I also think we can't have the media outlets unpack the debates for us. We need something else that's more responsible in terms of how we how we sort of internalize these debates. Because you hear it and then you have to hear it again sometimes because you're distracted by the theater of the debate
Aaron Lang
@LangAaronM · 5:00
Goodness. I love this topic primarily because I think it encompasses all of the civility issues that we're dealing with in our greater society. Really. I think the decline of politics debates, whether that be in attendance or engaging agreement or civility, it is absolutely because people are not interested in effectively communicating with one another anymore. And I don't know why that is
phil spade
@Phil · 2:30
Aaron, very well said. And, you know, I've observed a lot of the same things that you have. And especially in my circle of friends, there is a hunger for this debate, for this discussion, to figure out what is the best next step that we should take as a community or a country and and really figuring out and listening to other points of view to really figure out what that best mode is moving forward
Aaron Lang
@LangAaronM · 5:00
I mean, I have my opinion about who landed the most healthy points and got their points across and failed to attack one another and answered the most questions directly. But it's a dwindling thing, and I wish that I won't. What's more interesting to me is how our media and I'm just talking very generally here, but let's talk about specifically what happened in my neck of the woods