US Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, the Republicans’ presidential nominee, will take the stage for a debate on Tuesday – a key test that pushed US President Joe Biden out of the race just a few weeks ago.
ABC News’ “World News Tonight” host David Muir and anchor Linsey Davis will moderate the event at the National Constitution Centre, a private non-profit education centre and museum in Philadelphia dedicated to America’s foundational document.
The debate, which is to start at 9pm ET and run for 90 minutes, offers the candidates a chance to produce a clear lead in a contest that remains too close to call.
Many polls show Harris with a slight lead against Trump in the key battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania – a reversal from Trump’s lead against Biden in these states before the president dropped out, but these numbers fall within margins of error and the contest still appears to be a dead heat overall.