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I've seen some criticisms of the Republicans cheering at the Primary debates. As you can see by my leaning...I'm not a huge fan of what they are cheering for, but I do like to see participation by the voters at these debates. I don't like the idea of a moderator and Presidential canidates with us just silent viewers. The people should be able to show their thoughts and the canidates should play to the crowd in my view.
The most annoying audience response is when they start laughing because a candidate is trying really, really hard to not answer the question. It annoys me because it's like they are encouraging the behavior, and it also reduces the candidate's response time. Typically the the candidates just goof off and run the timer out, and make jokes about the question and clarifying the question.
Whatever the audience does, they shouldn't help them dodge questions. I prefer seeing the audience booing when they dodge and putting the pressure on. Seeing how the candidates respond under pressure in important to me.