Pitch Diameter and Drive Ratio. Pulleys and belts have two uses; to increase or reduce speed or torque, or to transfer power from one shaft to another. If the transfer of power is all you need, then two pulleys of the same diameter will do the trick.
Last night's Republican presidential debate drew an average of 22.9 million viewers for CNN, making it the most watched program in the network's 25-year history, the channel reported Thursday. The ratings were larger than the average NFL broadcast, at 19 million viewers, receives.
Over 60 million viewers watched Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debate on a single night in 2012. These are not the kind of numbers the Super Bowl pulls in (over 100 million), but they are impressive nonetheless. Current high interest in presidential debates may not last across indefinite election cycles.