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https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ap_clinton_trump_diptych_605.jpg605403On the eve of the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Harvard analysts discuss whether presidential debates offer citizens civic value anymore and how to improve them as the nation navigates its political differences.