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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 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 ...
The Biden campaign agreed to a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News to take place on either July 23 or August 13. [178] The Trump campaign confirmed with Politico that it was aware of the offer, but had not yet made a decision. [179] Trump stated on May 17 he agreed to a vice presidential debate on behalf of his future vice presidential ...
The debate had a total of 57.9 million viewers on TV and had the second-largest television audience of any U.S. vice presidential debate; it was watched by an estimated 22 million more people than the amount who watched the 2016 vice presidential debate, falling behind the only debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden in 2008.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump took the stage tonight in Philadelphia for their first presidential debate of the Nov. 5 election season.. The USA TODAY Fact Check ...
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.
Joe Biden, the incumbent president of the United States, has faced off against Donald Trump, the former president and current president-elect, in three separate presidential debates: First 2020 United States presidential debate; Second 2020 United States presidential debate; 2024 Joe Biden–Donald Trump presidential debate