The nonpartisan, voter education goal of the CPD's debates is to afford the members of the public an opportunity to sharpen their views, in a focused debate format, of the leading candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The CPD's approach to candidate selection has been driven by this goal.
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The news media often anticipate televised presidential debates as a national event of great importance — a kind of Super Bowl of American democracy.
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) debates with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as moderator Bob Schieffer (L) of CBS looks on at the Keith C. and ...
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In the first televised presidential election debate in 1960, a tanned, relaxed and urbane Senator John F. Kennedy met a pale and weary Vice President Richard ...
After the first US presidential debate which, according to most observers – including even Obama-supporters – had been won by Mitt Romney, there arose an ...
Aug 24, 2023 · Donald Trump's decision to skip the first GOP presidential debate may signal that candidate debates are the next casualty of polarized ...
Founded in 1987, the CPD sponsored every general presidential and vice presidential debate from 1988 to 2020. In 2024, Joe Biden (D) and Donald Trump (R) ...
Students analyze excerpts from the first Kennedy-Nixon debate (September 26, 1960) and a memo assessing the debate from one of Kennedy's advisers.
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