nobody is going to watch this who hasn’t already decided
Exactly. Hillary cleaned his clock in the debates and lost. Professor Lictman has documented many debates where the election winner lost. Debates mean nothing. That said, there are other much more reliable factors and Professor Lictman has used them to predicted that Kamala Harris will win this election.
All the better for the oligarchs to manage the peons. Helps if they are "poorly educated" too - wouldn't want any critical thinking to pop up.