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The 2020 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2020 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized three debates among the major party candidates, and sponsored two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.
Oct 21, 2020 · Donald Trump and Joe Biden will share the stage on Thursday night for the final presidential debate before election day on 3 November. A lot is at stake.
Oct 23, 2020 · NBC News tracked debate topics, attacks and interruptions between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden at the final presidential debate, 2020.
- Nigel Chiwaya
- Candidate Selection Criteria
- Noteworthy Events
- History of Televised Presidential Debates
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The Commission on Presidential Debates(CPD) used the following criteria to select candidates to participate in the 2020 general election presidential debates: 1. The candidate must satisfy the constitutional eligibility requirements, including being at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and a resident of the United States for fourteen year...
Logistical changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic
The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, was originally scheduled to host the first presidential debate but withdrew in response to the coronavirus pandemic. On July 27, 2020, the event was moved to Cleveland, Ohio. On June 23, 2020, the commission announced the second presidential debate was moving from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. Mark Schlissel, the president of the University of Michi...
Request for additional debates
In August 2020, Rudy Giuliani sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debateson behalf of the Trump campaign requesting a fourth debate be held in early September before states began to send out absentee ballots. If not, Giuliani said the third debate should be moved from October 22, 2020, to the first week in September. The commission rejected the request to add a fourth debate or alter the schedule. “While more people will likely vote by mail in 2020, the debate schedule has been an...
Although the 1960 general election debate between John F. Kennedy (D) and Richard Nixon(R) is frequently cited as the first televised presidential debate, two came before it. The first televised presidential debate took place on May 21, 1956, when an ABC affiliate in Miami broadcast a Democratic primary debate between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefa...
Oct 23, 2020 · Presidential debate: Key takeaways from the Trump-Biden showdown. What you missed - the best bits from Trump and Biden's final debate. The mute button, or at least the threat of it,...
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Oct 10, 2020 · Here’s the who, what, when and where for the three matchups between President Trump and Joe Biden and the single vice-presidential debate.
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Sep 29, 2020 · General Election Presidential Debate. Joe Biden (D) and. Donald J. Trump (R) Date: September 29, 2020. Location: Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic. City: Cleveland, OH. Time: 9:00 – 10:30pm Eastern. Sponsor: Commission on Presidential Debates. Moderator: Chris Wallace, Fox News.
