VP debate bingo card 2024: Will Vance, Walz bring up Texas-Mexico border?
With just over a month until the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, the vice presidential debate serves as the first face-off between Kamala Harris' running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance.
As both campaigns intensify, this may be their only debate before voters cast their ballots, offering a crucial opportunity to sway undecided voters by highlighting the candidates' key differences and visions for the nation's future.
More: What time is the vice presidential debate today? How to watch Walz-Vance debate Tuesday
Amid one of the most heated election seasons in U.S. history, their exchanges are expected to be both predictable and, at times, questionable. So, while we gear up for this historic event, why not add some fun?
Inspired by the 2024 presidential debate bingo, Paste BN decided to take it up a notch — because America might need it.
Here are three drinking games to help you get through the debate.
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Spicy Paste BN Vice Presidential Debate Bingo
While the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate bingo game from Paste BN should be entertaining, here's an option to add some spice to the game:
- Each person receives one Paste BN bingo card
- A number of shot glasses equal to the number of players are filled with different liquids (hot sauce, pickle juice, alcohol if of age and appropriate, etc.) and numbered
- The first person to reach bingo on the card drinks the first shot glass
- Subsequent bingo callers take the shot that corresponds to the order they call bingo
- The game ends when all players have called bingo
Debate foul, party foul
The rules set by CBS for Tuesday night remain largely in line with the presidential debates that have occurred so far this cycle as mics will be cut, no studio audience will be present and moderators will be able to enforce time limits.
The moderators will not be fact-checking the candidates live, according to the Associated Press, abdicating the duty to the organization's fact-checking website CBS Confirmed and its social media.
Yet it is highly unlikely that the debate will go off without a hitch, and at least one of the candidates will break one of the rules. That's where this game comes in.
For "Debate Foul, Party Foul" each player should have a sipping drink, a shot drink and a designated drink that is particularly foul (hot sauce or Malort, for example).
- Take a sip anytime a participant attempts to speak past their allotted time.
- Take a shot anytime a participant attempts to shout over a muted microphone.
- Finish the drink in front of you if either participant leaves their podium.
- Take a shot of the designated drink if either participant walks off stage.
Line by line, sip by sip
Knowledge of political cliches is a double-edged sword in this game, depending on how fast the player wants to drink.
- Each player chooses a political cliché or expected line, such as: "my fellow Americans" or "We the People".
- Players choose a drink and determine the amount of that drink that constitutes a sip.
- Each time the political cliché or expected line is spoken, the player drinks.
- The first person to finish the drink wins.