Kennedy Vs Nixon Presidential Debate
The first kennedy nixon presidential debate.
Kennedy vs nixon presidential debate. The 1960 presidential cycle featured former sen. In a closely contested election democrat united states senator john f. 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. Nixon was in a los angeles studio kennedy was in an identical studio in.
The next televised presidential debate wouldn t take place for 16 years largely because candidates became wary of their influence. This was the first election in which fifty states participated and the last in which the district of. Johnson was too intimidated by the medium to take on barry goldwater in 1964 and nixon having been burned before refused to debate on tv in both 1968 and 1972. The first televised american presidential debate took place on 26 september 1960 between republican vice president richard nixon and democrat john f kennedy.
Before an invisible but all. The gallup polls of the time said the following. 13 1960 vice president richard nixon and sen. Kennedy won the.
The debate was held on september 26 1960. Tnc 172 on september 26 1960 senator john f. Kennedy of massachusetts the democratic nominee and vice president richard nixon a republican. Before the debate the difference between kennedy and nixon in 1960 was 1 percent this rose to 3 percent after the debate.
September 26 1960 debate transcript. Kennedy defeated incumbent vice president richard nixon the republican party nominee. The 1960 united states presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election it was held on tuesday november 8 1960. Kennedy and vice president richard nixon stood before an audience of 70 million americans two thirds of the na.