Well it seems that neither candidate is so scared of the other that they will refuse to debate.
Of course, debating skills are not a really major part of a skill set required for leadership.
The only instance of a debate making a logical difference that I can recall was when Gerald Ford incorrectly claimed that Poland was not an ally of the Soviet Union. Poland was a member of the Warsaw Pact, and this was clearly something a president should have know. Some would surely have told Ford this, though. Unlike Trump, Ford did not surround himself with slavish asskissers, bootlickers, brownnosers and lickspittles.
The best known example was Reagan claiming that his age gave him more experience than Mondale.
This was basically just a "gotcha" joke of no real importance.
Reagan was more experienced as an ACTOR, not a leader. But he was exceptionally talented at convincing the public that he was their kindly old uncle, as he went along with the oligarchy's plan to destroy unions, rob the middle class and allow the fatcats to return to pre- WWI times.
Mondale was the one with leadership experience that really cared about the average citizen. Not once did I vote for Reagan.
