# Would you purchase pay-per-view (PPV) to watch the general election debates?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-purchase-pay-per-view-ppv-to-watch-the-general-election-debates/754000>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-purchase-pay-per-view-ppv-to-watch-the-general-election-debates/754000 "2016-05-05T17:19:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-purchase-pay-per-view-ppv-to-watch-the-general-election-debates/754000/21 "2016-05-06T23:45:21Z")

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With 25 bucks I could go bowling for a couple hours and it would be a lot more fun. Pass.

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**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-purchase-pay-per-view-ppv-to-watch-the-general-election-debates/754000/22 "2016-05-07T03:12:13Z")

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Can I push a button that causes rotten tomatoes to be thrown at them? Otherwise, no.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-purchase-pay-per-view-ppv-to-watch-the-general-election-debates/754000/23 "2016-05-07T03:41:27Z")

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No. I can’t stand watching these types of events even for free. It’s not like they’re real debates anyway. I prefer to read about them the next day.

However, I do remember the Obama-Romney debate and the play-by-play thread here on the Dope. THAT was fun.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-purchase-pay-per-view-ppv-to-watch-the-general-election-debates/754000/24 "2016-05-07T06:38:26Z")

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I love watching the actual Presidential debates, but didn’t bother with the primaries. As much as I love watching them, I wouldn’t pay.

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