With Gore trailing by as much as 12 points in several Granite State polls, these debates are crucial to boosting his support among these non-affiliated voters, a point which Gore himself made in Wednesday night's forum, dubbing himself as the underdog.
Spiliotes, who specializes in presidential politics, said that New Hampshire voters are carefully watching the vice president.
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"Given the short amount of times we have left, he needs to do well in these debates. That's going to reach the most people. People are going to really pay attention to that now," Spiliotes said.