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The 1996 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1996 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized three debates among the major party candidates, sponsored two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.
Dole (left) and Clinton (right) at the first presidential debate on October 6, 1996, at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford, Connecticut. With respect to the issues, Dole promised a 15% across-the-board reduction in income tax rates and made former congressman and supply side advocate Jack Kemp his running mate.
Washington University in St. Louis, however, has hosted the presidential debates (organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates) three times (in 1992, 2000, and 2004), more than any other location prior to 2016, and also hosted one of the 2016 debates. The university was also scheduled to host a debate in 1996, but it was later negotiated ...
The debates will be hosted by news organizations rather than the Commission on Presidential Debates, from which the Republican National Committee withdrew its participation in 2022, citing ...
October 1 – Second presidential debate at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia. ... Perot was not included when he ran again in 1996. Presidential candidates Bill Clinton, right ...
The 1996 vice presidential debate, part of the 1996 presidential election, featured then vice-president Al Gore, a Democrat and Republican opposition, Jack Kemp.
Unlike most other presidential debates, where candidates stand at lecterns and respond to moderator questions, the second debate in 1992 was conducted in a more relaxed "town hall" format ...
October 9 – Al Gore and Jack Kemp participate in the 1996 vice presidential debate in Florida. October 14 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, the Dow's first close above 6,000. October 16 – The final presidential debate of the 1996 election takes place at the University of San Diego.