East Iowa District Tournament

2020 — US

East Iowa District Qualifier

for the 2020 National Tournament
East Iowa IE/Debate District Tournament at Davenport West High School, Davenport, IA Feb 14–15 LD PF DI DUO HI INF IX OO POI USX
Congress at Iowa City West, Iowa City, IA Feb 22 HOU SEN
Policy District Tournament at Iowa City High, Iowa City, IA Feb 28–29 CX

Debate Topic Areas

The following Debate topic areas will be used for the 2019-2020 District event. 

 

Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2020 January/February Topic

 

Resolved: States ought to eliminate their nuclear arsenals.

 

Policy Debate – 2019-2020 Topic

 

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce Direct Commercial Sales and/or Foreign Military Sales of arms from the United States.

 

Public Forum Debate – 2020 February Topic Area: Economy

 

Resolved: The United States should replace means-tested welfare programs with a universal basic income.