Why Biden Chose the Audience’s Right Side for Debate Night
Joe Biden is celebrating an early win ahead of his presidential debate against Donald Trump, with CNN revealing Thursday he won a coin flip that granted him first dibs on his stage position for next week’s spectacle.
With Biden correctly picking tails, he chose to debate from the Atlanta stage’s left side—a decision that may be more consequential than most think.
That’s because, in a setting that involves two figures, viewers are inherently drawn to the right, experts say, which is where Biden will be displayed on millions of TV screens across the country. That positioning will likely earn Biden an extra chunk of eyeball time by default, assuming viewers can break away from Trump’s repeated antics and interruptions.