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{{US 2024 presidential elections series}}
The '''2024 United States presidential debates''' are a series of debates between major candidates of the [[2024 United States presidential election]]. The [[June 2024 United States presidential debate |first general election debate]] (sponsored by [[CNN]]), which was attended by presumptive nominees [[Joe Biden]] and [[Donald Trump]], was held on June 27, 2024. The second debate, which will be sponsored by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], is scheduled to be held on September 10, 2024.
Four general election debates sponsored by the [[Commission on Presidential Debates]] (CPD) were originally scheduled to be held between September 16 and October 9, 2024. Both Biden and Trump were against the CPD's debate format and schedule.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Michael|last1=Scherer|first2=Josh|last2=Dawsey|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/biden-trump-presidential-debates/|title=Biden and Trump agree to CNN debate in June, ABC faceoff in September|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 15, 2024|access-date=May 20, 2024|archive-date=May 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515175950/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/biden-trump-presidential-debates/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Steven|last1=Shepard|first2=Sam|last2=Stein|first3=Jonathan|last3=Lemire|first4=Alex|last4=Isenstadt|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/12/biden-cllinches-democratic-presidential-nomination-00146648|title=Biden officially clinches Democratic nomination for president|website=Politico|date=March 15, 2024|access-date=May 15, 2024|archive-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510165308/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/12/biden-cllinches-democratic-presidential-nomination-00146648|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2024, both campaigns agreed to bypass the CPD and hold the alternative debates, canceling the CPD debates.<ref name=APMay15>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-election-presidential-debates-biden-trump-6b1d1dbb2ed61c7637041b23662d7da8|title=Biden and Trump, trading barbs, agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and September|last1=Boak|first1=Josh|last2=Miller|first2=Zeke|last3=Colvin|first3=Jill|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 15, 2024|accessdate=May 17, 2024|archive-date=May 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516231754/https://apnews.com/article/2024-election-presidential-debates-biden-trump-6b1d1dbb2ed61c7637041b23662d7da8|url-status=live}}</ref> Biden's performance during the first debate was very poorly received, with many commentators and Democrats calling for him to drop out of the race.
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