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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.
The decisions by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday to agree to two presidential debates will ensure the continuation of a tradition that dates back to 1960.
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 debate is considered the first nationally televised presidential debate in history. The best-known narrative about the debate is that Nixon, then Vice President, ultimately lost the election ...
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. [29] The Biden campaign agreed to a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News to take place on either July 23 or August 13. [177]
For more on the context and history of presidential debates, I talked on the phone with two experts: Alan Schroeder wrote the book “Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail ...
The 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was held on Thursday, June 27, 2024 on CNN. It was the first presidential debate of that year's United States presidential election. Joe Biden's poor performance led directly to his decision to withdraw from the presidential race one month later.
Presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon for the 1960 election in the United States.. A leaders' debate or presidential debate is a public debate held during a general election campaign, where the candidates expose their political opinions and public policy proposals, and criticism of them, to potential voters.