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The 1960 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1960 presidential election. Four presidential debates were held between Republican nominee Richard Nixon and Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy. All four presidential debates were the first series of debates conducted for any US presidential election. [1]
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.
Full broadcast of the September 26, 1960 debate The fourth and final presidential debate on October 21, 1960. The Kennedy and Nixon campaigns agreed to a series of televised debates. Many in the Nixon camp, including President Eisenhower, urged the vice president to reject the debate proposal and deny Kennedy invaluable national exposure.
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.
This category is for articles about debates between U.S. presidential candidates, and also for other articles directly related to those debates.In addition, it can be used for articles about debates between U.S. vice presidential candidates, as those debates are adjuncts to the presidential debates.
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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.
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is a nonprofit corporation established in 1987 under the joint sponsorship of the Democratic and Republican political parties in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The CPD sponsors and produces debates for U.S. presidential and vice-presidential candidates and undertakes research and educational ...