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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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. For related races, see 1960 United States elections. 1960 United States presidential election ← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 → 537 members of the Electoral College 269 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 63.8% 3.6 pp Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Party Democratic ...
The first general election presidential debate was 1960 United States presidential debates, held on September 26, 1960, between Senator John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee, and Vice President Richard Nixon, the Republican nominee, at CBS's WBBM-TV in Chicago.
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.
It’s just the latest evolution in the history of US presidential debates. A tradition that dates back to 1960. The first televised presidential debates, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon ...
The 1960 presidential election changed everything. It was the first to feature televised debates between the two major-party candidates. It was the first where the candidates were born in the 20th ...
On May 4, 1960, Humphrey and Kennedy took part in a televised one-on-one debate at WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia, ahead of the state's primary. [ 56 ] Kennedy defeated Humphrey soundly in West Virginia, and Humphrey announced his withdrawal from the race that night.
It’ll be the earliest televised presidential debate in United States history, ... After the Kennedy-Nixon debates in 1960, there weren’t any debates in 1964, 1968, and 1972, according to the ...