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Analysts say Trump faces risks heightened by gender when he debates Harris

“It’s one thing for a male candidate to attack a female candidate from a podium when he’s giving a news conference, or in a campaign ad, or at a rally,” said Jennifer Lawless, a University of Virginia professor who has written extensively about gender and politics.

Jennifer Lawless

Five things to watch in Tuesday's debate

As the presidential candidates face off in Philadelphia for their first (and possibly last) debate on Tuesday, it’s helpful to keep in mind the general consensus of political scientists: Debates rarely affect the outcome of a presidential election. Except when they do.

Jennifer Lawless

What Harris, Trump Need to Accomplish in Tuesday's Presidential Debate

Harris’ main strategy will likely be to show a former prosecutor debating a convicted felon, according to Barbara Perry, a presidential studies professor at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.

Barbara Perry

After passing the torch, Biden keeps it burning for Harris

“I just don’t know how you could find any president and vice president when one is running to replace the other who did it more gracefully and graciously,” said Barbara Perry, professor of presidential studies and co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia.

Barbara Perry

America’s love affair with the increasingly weird Kennedys

They’ve had great, great joys and great ecstasies and great triumphs, and then they’ve had just the worst tragedies. It is fascinating, I must say. Since we don’t have a royal family to watch and follow, we have the Kennedys. And they do keep producing interesting if sometimes bizarre figures.

Barbara Perry

Ahead of the US presidential debate, how are Harris and Trump preparing?

“Whatever rules there were have become immaterial to him,” Perry said. “He can’t be pinned down, and he can’t be countered, because it doesn’t matter to the people who are locked into voting for him.”

Barbara Perry