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Eight in 10 Democratic primary voters say in a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll they would like to see a series of Democratic debates during the 2024 campaign. That includes an overwhelming 72% of those supporting President Joe Biden.

But the odds of that actually happening are as close to zero as you can get in politics. Biden has expressed no interest in participating and the Democratic National Committee says it won’t sponsor any.

History is on their side. “As you know, no incumbent R [Republican] or D [Democrat] have done debates,” Kevin Munoz, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, said in an email. Incumbents generally see no advantage to risking a misstep or to giving their challenger such a significant platform.

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