Debates play an important role in presidential elections: The candidates get a crack at pitching an American Idol–size TV audience on their vision for the country, and voters get a peek at how the two pols vying for the country’s top job perform under pressure. But let’s face it, that’s not always a recipe for must-see TV. So this year we added a twist: 5280 debate bingo. Tune in to this month’s debates—the first of which is
October 3 at the University of Denver—and anytime the candidates use one of the phrases or buzzwords on the bingo board, mark the space. Five in a row, column, or diagonal is bingo. We’ll leave the prizes up to you.

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