Stoa Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Strategies

Hello, everyone! I hope that your initial research into the resolution is going well, and I’ve written this article to give you a few additional pointers to help you on your way. As you can tell from the title, this is a strategy overview, so this piece is primarily concerned with helping you gain a better strategic view of the resolution, and with helping you implement those big-picture concepts into more focused strategic tactics. By way of a roadmap, Part One of this article deals with the clash (or conflict) in the resolution, Part Two covers applications and their implementation, and Part Three focuses on the strategic implications of the economic data that is so important to this year’s resolution. In each of those three main parts, there are four subsections: the basics of the topic, the problem that needs solving, the strategic solution to that problem, and the key takeaways, which are specific tactics to implement and important tips to keep in mind.