Presidential election started earlier
this time. There has already been two debates; one among Republicans and
another one among Democratic candidates. Republican debate looked more like a
verbal argument than a debate, and candidates made, to put it simply, a mockery
of themselves. The best way to weigh the impact of their debate is to analyze the
result, which put Donald Trump at the top of the table as the most popular
candidate. It is interesting that conservative media tried to discredit Trump
by putting his name with the less known candidates, or not mentioning his name
at all (see http://2016.republican-candidates.org/
and https://www.conservativereview.com/2016-presidential-candidates
for instance). The Democratic debate on the other hand, was more civil, and the
only ones who were prepared and had had campaigned about their plans were
Clinton and Sanders.
