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Kennedy vs nixon first debate. The gallup polls of the time said the following. Tnc 172 on september 26 1960 senator john f. This debate was a monumental step for television. Political observers at the time felt that kennedy won the first debate nixon won the second and third debates while the fourth debate which was seen as the strongest performance by both men was a draw.
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The debate was held on september 26 1960. Senator was john f. Kennedy won the. September 26 1960 debate transcript.
Held on september 26 1960 it was. The first televised american presidential debate took place on 26 september 1960 between republican vice president richard nixon and democrat john f kennedy. The debate was watched live by 70 million americans and it made politics an electronic spectator sport. Clip from the 1st 1960 presidential debate between senator john f.
Nixon and democratic senator john f. Kennedy d ma and vice president richard nixon r ca. Kennedy and vice president richard nixon stood before an audience of 70 million americans two thirds of the na. American viewers were transfixed to their television sets for the broadcast of the fourth and final debate between republican vice president richard m.
The television and radio stations of the united states and their affiliated stations are proud to provide facilities for a discussion of issues in the current political campaign by the two major candidates for the presidency. Their first televised debate shifted how presidential campaigns were conducted as the power of television took elections into american s living rooms.