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We will examine the lives and backgrounds of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon and see how Kennedy became president by dominating the television narrative and using innovative campaign techniques that set the model for presidential election campaigns to this very day.
Sep 21, 2010 · The first televised presidential debate in American history took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on September 26, 1960. The Kennedy-Nixon debates not only had a major...
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The 1960 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1960 presidential election between Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee Richard Nixon. The four presidential debates were the first series of debates conducted for any presidential election.
On September 26, 1960 Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon stood before an audience of 70 million Americans, two-thirds of the nation‘s adult population, in the first nationally televised presidential debate, which ushered in a new age of presidential politics.
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, in Chicago at the studios of CBS 's WBBM-TV. It was moderated by Howard K. Smith and included a panel composed ...
Sep 24, 2020 · The election would chart the course of America’s future, and the first debate between the two candidates would have an outsized impact on the direction that would be chosen. Kennedy was ...
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With foreign policy high on voters’ minds, Republican Richard Nixon came into the debate with the edge after a high-profile career as an anti-communist crusader in Congress and eight years as Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vice president.
