SIMI VALLEY, California — Like baseball teams arguing over the height of the grass in the infield, some campaigns are seeing built-in potential advantages in the playing field CNN is setting up for tonight’s debate.
With the network previewing the event as a fight, some of the physical characteristics of the venue could add to that atmosphere.
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Each podium is only 20 inches away from the one next to it — putting the candidates in close physical proximity. That’s much a smaller distance than the 2012 standard, which was 34 inches, and half as far as the podium placement in Cleveland this August, when they were 40 inches apart.








