The final presidential debate of the 2016 election season is at 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
According to Politico, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be the only candidates participating. Jill Stein and Gary Johnson did not meet the required 15 percent of the polling threshold.
“I think it’s going to be the last true test of the two candidates, to show everything that they have and what they are willing to do for this country," president of MSU College Democrats Daniel Eggerding said.
This might not be the most effectual finale.
At this point, the debate will probably not change who somebody is voting for, secretary of MSU College Republicans Noelle Cohn said.
This sentiment was shared across the aisle.
"I don’t think tomorrow’s debate, no matter who wins or who loses or who says what or who does this, is going to change anybody’s mind," chief of staff for MSU College Democrats Michael Sandoval said. "I think what in the end what it will do, is just reinforce people’s perceptions of what they thought of each candidate and who they’re going to vote for.”
Viewership for the final debate could be lower than the previous ones.
The 2012 debates saw a shrink in viewership with each subsequent debate, while falling from the second to the final debates in 2004 and 2008, according to television statistics service Nielsen.
“I don’t think participation and viewing is going to be very high for this debate," Cohn said. "I don’t think what either candidate really is going to say will affect students very much."
The second debate drew 66.5 million viewers, down from 84 million who tuned into Clinton and Trump's first go-around, according to Nielsen.
The anchor of Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace, will moderate the debate. He announced that the six topics will be the Supreme Court, immigration, entitlements and debt, the economy, foreign policy and fitness to be president.
“Debt obviously, is probably the biggest one there," Sandoval said. "With so many students here at Michigan State University taking out student loans and graduating with tens of thousands of dollars of debt, I think it’ll be interesting to hear both candidates.”
According to Election Central, the debate will be broadcast on C-SPAN, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, NBC and MSNBC. It will also be live streamed on YouTube and Twitter.
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