According to the DeSantis camp, they want a live audience for the debate, with audience members having a ’50-50 split’ ideologically, as well as notes being allowed for the debaters.

Source: http://capoliticalreview.com/top-stories/possible-debate-between-newsom-desantis-strained-over-disagreements-of-debate-terms/

He recruits underserved youth with no prior debate experience and trains them to compete against elite debaters from all over the world.

Source: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/2023-atlanta-500-education-healthcare/

The Republican primary debaters are getting fewer and fewer.

Source: https://www.thenationalherald.com/in-the-4th-gop-debate-the-big-winners-are-megyn-kelly-and-newsnation/