Campaign Reading: Debates.

Campaign debates loom larger for candidates than voters. The immediate audience is usually small but the media coverage and campaign ads that follow them are not.

Connecticut legislative debates are indirect and stilted by design. A campaign debate should be neither.

Veteran debater and debate coach Bo Seo, author of Good Arguments, recommends 10 books in The Atlantic that show readers how to make better arguments, the essential task of a candidate.

It’s mid-June–there’s still time for candidates to read and improve.

Published June 14, 2022.