Although it’s understandable that most voters prefer a presidential debate that’s more serious and addresses greater issues in a debate aired through a medium that everyone is used to, I think the attempt to reach out to this younger generation, through a medium that they are more familiar with and comfortable with using than the rest of us, is commendable. We want this younger generation, which is already skeptical and cynical towards our government, to become more involved and interested in the issues that they will eventually have to face when they grow up. If that means peaking their interest through a youtube presidential debate and asking more honest, and granted, silly, questions then so be it. This doesn’t mean that the following Democratic debates, which they could hold again for everyone else who didn’t appreciate the youtube debate, will be just as casual and “trivial”. One medium and presidential debate method doesn’t fit all, as we have come to expect. I think it’s about time candidates are focusing on everyone, instead of the majority.
