Weird. Kristen Welker's hand-picked debate topics don't match with what voters say are their top issues

Greg P. | 7:52 PM on October 16, 2020

MSNBC’s Kristen Welker, moderator of the next presidential debate, has hand-picked the topics for the October 22 event. They are: Fighting COVID-19, American Families, Race in America, Climate Change, National Security, and Leadership:

NEW: Kristen Welker, moderator of the Oct. 22 presidential debate at @BelmontUniv, has selected topics: Fighting COVID-19, American Families, Race in America, Climate Change, National Security, Leadership #Debates2020 https://t.co/kFWvRzIljv

— CPD (@debates) October 16, 2020

Well, this leaves out a lot of important topics:

Debate topics for third debate disclosed:

Nothing on the economy (top issue in Gallup)
Nothing on immigration
Nothing on healthcare
Nothing on law enforcement
Nothing on education

Climate change was a topic added by Fox's Wallace in the first debate. It returns again here. https://t.co/ja7vUI3Tm9

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 16, 2020

And as Byron York notes, a recent Pew poll shows that the top 6 concerns among American voters are the economy, health care, SCOTUS, Covid-19, violent crime and foreign policy:

Upcoming October 22 presidential debate topics from CPD, and voters' top issues, from Pew in August: pic.twitter.com/GTV3AXwYn1

— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 16, 2020

There’s also nothing there on immigration:

Last night the president endorsed QAnon and said masks cause coronavirus in a 10-minute span and then said the election won’t be real because of mail-in ballots, psyched for him to talk about American Families and Leadership https://t.co/g2qkTDk3dP

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) October 16, 2020

We’re stumped, too: