Donald Trump is one of two candidates looking to score a knockout blow in the second presidential debate this Sunday, which will take place under a new format.
Under the town meeting format, half the questions will be posed by audience members and the other half by co-moderators Martha Raddatz of ABC News and Anderson Cooper of CNN.
Most analysts gave the nod in the first debate to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, with Trump slipping in polls taken in key swing states in the aftermath.
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said the town hall format "is more about persona than policy," and Trump "needs to empathize and sympathize with the voters and forget that Clinton is standing next to him."
"I want to win this election on my policies for the future, not on Bill Clinton’s past,” Trump told The New York Post.
“Jobs, trade, ending illegal immigration, veteran care, and strengthening our military is what I really want to be talking about.”