UNLV professor speaks on candidate strategies for presidential debates

Emphasizing “law and order” or showing “an image of moral leadership”.

The strategies between President Trump and Joe Biden will on full display in Tuesday’s presidential debate.

Jeremy Chen reports.

THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATEIS....JUST AN HOUR.... AWAY NOW.TONIGHT... EMPHASIZING...."LAW AND ORDER"....OR...SHOWING....."AN IMAGE OF MORAL LEADERSHIP".TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES....FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOEBIDEN!!!13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMYCHEN SPOKE WITH A U-N-L-VPROFESSOR...ON HOW THAT MAY SHAPE THE RACEIN OUR STATE AND NATIONALLY.PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES IS ANOPPORTUNITY FOR CANDIDATES TOGO DIRECTLY HEAD TO HEAD ON THESAME STAGE AS THE NUMBER OFPERSUADABLE VOTERS GROWSSMALLER THE PROFESSOR ISPOKE WITH SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUTRALLYING THEIR RESPECTIVEBASES.PKG IN A CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTIONYEAR WHERE EVERY VOTE COUNTS-BOTH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND JOEBIDEN ARE LOOKING TO GET EVERYADVANTAGE THEY CAN ON THEDEBATE STAGE.WITH THE NUMBER OF UNDECIDEDVOTERS GROWING SMALLER- BOTHCANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED TOPURSUE A SIMILAR STRATEGY.U-N-L-V COMMUNICATIONS STUDIESPROFESSOR JACOB THOMPSON SAYS-THAT MEANS FIRING UP THE BASE."TRUMP IS LOOKING TO MOTIVATEREPUBLICAN VOTERS.BIDEN IS LOOKING TO MOTIVATEDEMOCRATIC VOTERS, AND PART OFTHIS ELECTION, SOMETHING THATWILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME ISTURNOUT." DR.THOMPSON SAYS BOTH CANDIDATESWILL LOOK TO GENERATEENTHUSIASM- ESPECIALLYPRESIDENT TRUMP."I EXPECT HIM TO BE ON THEOFFENSIVE AND LEVELING CHARGESAT BIDEN REGULARLY.ON THE OTHER HAND, I THINKBIDEN WILL TRY TO COME ACROSSAS A CAREFUL, THOUGHTFULLEADER." HE SEES SOMERE-OCCURING THEMES BOTHCANDIDATES WILL TRY TOHIGHLIGHT OVERMULTIPLE DEBATES."TRUMP IS OBVIOUSLY APPEALINGTO THE LAW AND ORDER THEMETHAT HE ESTABLISHED INHIS CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL.BIDEN IS INTERESTED IN TALKINGABOUT MORAL, PRESIDENTIALLEADERSHIP." WHILE THOMPSONEXPECTS MANY NEVADANS TO BETUNED IN- HE SAYS THE DEMOCRATSHAVE A BIG VOTER REGISTRATIONADVANTAGE IN CLARK COUNTYMAKING THE STATE MORE LIKELY TOTURN BLUE.HOWEVERTHE MARGINS ARE CLOSEENOUGH THAT HOW EACH MANPERFORMS COULD AFFECT TURNOUTIN THE END."IF THE CANDIDATES MAKE ANARGUMENT AND IT APPEARS TO BESPECIFICALLY APPEALING OR FALLFLAT, THEN YOU MAY SEE SOMESHIFTING IN THE RESULTS OF THESTATE." LOOKLIVE OUT AFTERTODAY'S DEBATE- THE PROFESSOREXPECTS THE PANDEMIC TOCONTINUE TO BE BROUGHT UP-ALONG WITH THE ECONOMY.HE SAYS FOREIGN POLICY WOULD BETHE NEXT NEW TOPIC AT UPCOMINGDEBATES.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.HERE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA -DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE