Trump Let Biden Take First Swing by Agreeing to Debate

Joe Biden and Donald Trump suddenly reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday over the number, timing, and format of the 2024 presidential debates. And pundits quickly returned to one of the most masticated questions in politics: Do these debates really matter? Most political-science takes on the subject conclude that “televised presidential debates have very little, if any, impact on votes,” though there’s some evidence they can at least temporarily move the dial a few percentage points...