Format for Wright State presidential debate announced

When the presidential candidates duke it out at the first 2016 debate at Wright State University, they’ll be going at each other for six, 15-minute rounds.

The format for three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, which lead off Sept. 26 at the Nutter Center, were announced this week by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). All the debates are 90 minutes long.

The nonpartisan, nonprofit commission revealed that the WSU debate will be divided into six segments of about 15 minutes each. Sections will be devoted to major topics selected by the moderator and announced at least one week before the debate.

Though the debate moderator won’t be named until later this summer, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump almost assuredly will be standing on the Nutter Center stage that Monday at 9 p.m. unless party nominating conventions later this month fly wildly off script.