President Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from BlackMansStreetToday

The first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle is set for Thursday, June 27, when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will take the stage without an audience cheering for the candidates. Black voters will play a key role in determining the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.

Both Biden and Trump will go head-to-head at 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. CNN in Atlanta will broadcast the debate. The debate will be moderated by CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

 Biden and Trump are virtually tied at 41.0 percent for Biden, compared with Trump at 40.6 percent going into the debate. The candidates will hold the debate prior the Democratic and Republican conventions, although the selection of both candidates is assured.

The Democratic Party will hold its nomination event in Chicago beginning Monday, August 24 through August 22.

The Republican Party will hold its nomination event in Milwaukee. It is scheduled from July 15 through Thursday, July 18.

Voters will choose between two White septuagenarians with dramatically different prescriptions for health care, climate change, foreign policy, and leadership in an era of extreme partisanship.

At 81, Biden becomes the oldest major party presidential nominee in modern history.
In Trump, Biden is up against an adversary the likes of which he has never faced in his decades-long political career. Trump, who is 78 years old, opens with a cash advantage and a well-established willingness to win at any cost.

Biden reportedly is hunkered down with advisors going over potential questions at Camp David, and Trump continues on the campaign trail.

And while Black voters remain overwhelmingly Democratic and support Joe Biden over Donald Trump by a wide margin, Biden’s advantage among this group is not as wide as it was four years ago, according to Pew Research Center.