This article argues that the upcoming vice presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz is significant because it represents two contrasting visions of America and US politics. The authors highlight how Walz embodies a traditional, relatable American figure while Vance represents a more modern, perhaps divisive, approach.
Time was when a column could plausibly be penned arguing that televised debates were overhyped and overrated when it came to determining the outcome of presidential elections.
In such a delicately calibrated election as this one, however, anything could shift the needle. That partly explains why the vice presidential showdown between the Republican J.D. Vance and the Democrat Tim Walz on Wednesday from 11am AEST is getting the Las Vegas pre-fight treatment. This Ivy League populist, an alumnus of Yale Law School, has also become a super-spreader of misinformation, most notably the dangerous canard that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing pets and eating them.
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