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The third presidential debate between Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy took place on Thursday, October 13, 1960, were held virtually at the ABC studios in Los Angeles, California (for Nixon) and New York City, New York (for Kennedy). The debate was moderated by Bill Shadel of ABC with Frank McGee, Charles Van Fremd ...
The key turning point of the campaign came with the four Kennedy-Nixon debates; they were the first presidential debates ever (the Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858 had been the first for senators from Illinois), also the first held on television and thus attracted enormous publicity. Nixon insisted on campaigning until just a few hours before ...
Full broadcast of the September 26, 1960 debate. There were four televised debates between Nixon and Kennedy. [2] The first debate on September 26, which received around 70 million viewers, [8] is the subject of disagreement by writers over how detrimental it was to Nixon.
The debate showed the power of television when Kennedy won the election the moment he stepped onstage
John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon (1960) The first debate between Kennedy and Nixon is considered one of the most significant because it entrenched the idea that appearances are an important part ...
On September 26th in 1960, Democratic Senator, John F. Kennedy, and Vice President, Richard M. Nixon, participated in the first major televised debate between presidential candidates. The ...
Nixon vs. Kennedy (Richard Nixon vs. John F. Kennedy) can refer to: 1960 United States presidential election , when Nixon and Kennedy were the candidates from the two major parties any of the 1960 United States presidential debates between the two
Nixon This was the first-ever televised debate and nearly 70 million Americans watched. Television viewers thought Kennedy won, while radio listeners thought Nixon won the debate.