Debate Debrief

The dust has (mostly) settled on Tuesday’s debate.

An estimated 67 million people tuned in, up significantly from the 51 million who watched the Biden/Trump debate. Flash polls showed a majority (63%) of debate-watchers believed that VP Harris outperformed former President Trump––a sharp turnaround from 67% believing Trump outperformed President Biden in June––but that it didn’t change many voters’ opinions.

Republicans have been critical of ABC’s moderators for interrupting Trump five times to fact-check his answers and being softer on Harris, not fact-checking her at all. Trump said Wednesday that it was “three to one” and “a rigged deal”; yesterday he said he would not do another debate.

Minutes after the debate, Taylor Swift endorsed Harris on Instagram, driving nearly 340K people to vote.gov for state-specific voter registration information.

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ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
The debate may be important for the U.S.’s future but will have little impact on your eternal future. This doesn't mean that we shouldn’t care at all, but we should not let it steal our focus from Christ at the center of all things. 

“[The enemies of God] will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
Revelation 17:14 (CSB) (read full passage)