Out of the registered voters surveyed, 63 percent said that the moderator should also serve as fact-checker for the debate.
With the first U.S. presidential debate of the 2020 election cycle expected to take place Tuesday night, most Americans want the debate moderator to call out candidates who state false information, according to polling data released Monday.
Interest in the Tuesday debate from registered voters appears to be high. Nearly three-quarters of those polled planned on watching the event live. While 74 percent of those surveyed said they would tune into the debate, 20 percent said they would not watch the live broadcast. The poll was conducted between September 24-27 of 2020 from a random sample of 809 registered voters.
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