In just over a week, an election night victory speech will be spoken by a new leader of the United States. The inauguration will carry on and the Obamas will no longer be the residents within the White House.
Between the chaos of email scandals and tax return speculations, the two main party representatives have publicized their professional and personal lives.

Under traditional circumstances, the debates were centered around the actions the candidates plan to take after they step into the Oval Office; however, this year, the controversy of various matters stemmed into the politics of elections.

During the first debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on Sept. 26, over 100 million viewers were in on the action, a record-breaking number.

After what appeared to be a calm deliberation, the conference took a turn shortly into the 90 minute schedule. Clinton made remarks in question of Trump’s national security plans by stating, “Well, at least I have a plan to fight ISIS.” In turn, Trump rebutted, “You’re telling the enemy everything you want to do.”

Despite this bitter exchange, the pinnacle of the evening would most likely be when the spotlight directly hit the recent scandals of the businessman and politician.

“I will release my tax returns against my lawyers wishes when she [Clinton] releases her 33,000 emails that have been deleted,” Trump declared, sparking a new set of cacophony through the audience.

As the conversation advanced throughout the evening, Clinton brought up Trump’s previous support of the invasion in Iraq.

“That is absolutely proved over and over again.” The former Secretary of State struggled to complete her sentence, however, as Trump repeatedly interrupted her with the word, “Wrong.”

As for the first debate, a close 53 percent of viewers believe Clinton won the evening, according to a recent WaPo-ABC poll.

The second debate, taking place at Washington University on Oct. 9, was also very anticipated and reshaped modern debate tactics.

Perhaps the most discussed exchange of the night could be Trump’s new presidential goal to prosecute Clinton.
“If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation,” Trump announced, referring to Clinton’s email scandal.

To which Clinton replied, “It’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country.”

Trump concluded the portion of the debate, “Because you’d be in jail.”

After the second debate, 57 percent of the public agreed that Clinton claimed a win; however, 63 percent of the debate watchers claimed that Trump exceeded their previous expectations for the evening in recent CNN polls.

The third debate took place on Oct. 19 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada and YouGov’s scientific online snap poll tallied 49 percent of viewers that believed Clinton won the final debate.

Overall, the presidential debates this year were historical, changing the polls nearly eight points overnight after some debates and bringing into light new issues that hadn’t been previously addressed before.