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The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
A vice presidential debate in July was initially proposed, which would have taken place after the selection of a vice presidential candidate at the 2024 Republican National Convention. [31] The Biden campaign agreed to a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News to take place on either July 23 or August 13. [183]
A debate between incumbent Democratic US President Joe Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump was held on June 27, 2024, hosted by CNN. It was the first debate of that year's presidential election. Throughout the debate, Biden spoke incoherently and repeatedly appeared to lose his train of thought.
The 2020 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2020 presidential election.. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized three debates among the major party candidates, and sponsored two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.
The first televised presidential debates were held between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy during the 1960 campaign.No general election debates were held in 1964, and Nixon refused to participate in any debate in 1968 and 1972.
The first televised presidential debates, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960, occurred in television studios with no live audience present. Debates did not take place again until ...
There was one year, 1980, where there was only one debate between (Ronald) Reagan and Carter, but normally there are two or three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate per cycle.
The 2012 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2012 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized four debates among the major party candidates, sponsored three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.