5) Why are presidential debates important to our democratic voting process?
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Debates among competing electoral candidates have become a campaign centerpiece in elections worldwide. ... Debates help voters make informed choices and encourage candidates to focus on policy issues, a conviction so widely held that these candidate showdowns have become mainstays of the electoral process in many places.

(e) a major consequence of the election was that several southern states

the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.