In a typical presidential year, anyone near the vicinity of a general election debate site would know it.
But in Cleveland on Tuesday, the sidewalks leading up to the Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion — where Joseph R. Biden Jr. and President Trump were to debate for the first time — were desolate in the hours leading up to the contest, save for members of law enforcement, a smattering of reporters and the occasional intrigued local.
There was no snaking security line. No packs of journalists roaming or high-profile surrogates holding court, at least in the late afternoon when this reporter finally found the debate location after searching for signs of the event along a traffic-clogged street near Case Western Reserve University, a debate sponsor along with the Cleveland Clinic.
The security barrier and heavy police presence signaled that something was going on, but the typical festive trappings of a debate or other major political event were hard to spot.
Certainly, there were pockets of protesters along several sidewalks: people wearing pro-Trump hats or carrying anti-abortion signs; conservatives who — according to their sign — had abandoned Trump; Black Lives Matter activists. A truck drove by bearing the images of Mr. Biden and Senator Kamala Harris, his running mate, and other drivers honked in support of a small group carrying Trump signs.
But most of the passers-by appeared to be medical professionals at the Cleveland Clinic, who went about their business just down the street from the debate site, their face masks a constant reminder of the extraordinary public health challenges the nation faces as the debate unfolds.
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