Town Council Debate

In my opinion, there a lot of different aspects voters need to know about when voting for any seat, whether it be town council, mayor or President of the United States. There are hundreds of ideas and values that need to be addressed and in no way can they be addressed in one instance. Using these debates to inform the public about their views on popular issues such as abortion and torture is understandable, and I believe having multiple debates to discuss these matters are important. However, having debates to roast each other is a waist of time and does not help the public chose a president, in my opinion. Donald Trump spent a lot of time pointing fingers at Marco Rubio. This to me is a waste of valuable time. In short, the candidates are holding the right amount of debates, but some are not utilizing their time wisely and this may add to the number of debates that will be had, because no one is getting their points across.
I feel that no matter the formatting of the debate the same information and behavior would result. Like Governor Chris Christie said, Mr. Rubio already had his speech lined up no matter the statement made before. Christie said,” There it is. …show more content…
Of course the information presented is important, but when the candidates spend their time pointing fingers, it takes away from what they really believe. For example, Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton spent a lot of time talking about President Obama. I find this unproductive because the voters don’t want to know if they think the president is progressive or not, they want to know what the candidate is going to do to help the Americans and the united states. Overall, the debates are key to show the voters who the candidates are and what they believe. The way the candidates utilize their time is valuable and if they continue to argue like children they will have more pointless debates in the