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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.
Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate of October 7, 1960. The two opponents continued their debate after the cameras had stopped.
The 8th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1803, to March 4, 1805, during the last two years of Thomas Jefferson's first term in office.
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.
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.
Notable moments from past presidential debates demonstrate how the candidates' words and body language can make them look especially relatable or hopelessly out-of-touch. Will past be prologue ...
[30] [31] The last candidate from outside the two major parties to participate in a CPD-sponsored debate was Ross Perot, who polled sufficiently high in his 1992 presidential campaign to debate George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton in all three debates; Perot's running mate, James Stockdale, also participated in the vice presidential debate. [32]
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 ...