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There has been three presidential debates in the 2008 election.
There were four presidential debates in the election of 1960, between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. These were the presidential debates as well as the first nationally televised debates in US history.
The Commission on Presidential Debates, a nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation.
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Only three American presidential debates this time. There is no law or rule dictating the number of debates, or if there are any at all.
2000 Presidential Debates - 2000 was released on: USA:3 October 2000
The only thing that has happened to televised presidential debates since 1960 is that the debates last a lot longer. It is also stated that the debates are targeted for undecided voters.
2008 Presidential Debates - 2008 was released on: USA: 26 September 2008
2004 Presidential Debates - 2004 was released on: USA: 30 September 2004
1976 Presidential Debates - 1976 was released on: USA: 23 September 1976
1996 Presidential Debates - 1996 was released on: USA: 6 October 1996
Presidential debates tend to affect voters because, as the council of the U.S is working on the debates, the president is not always able to help out with them, which makes it effecting the voters.