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Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy.
(Kennedy won the debates and the election. Nixon became president in 1968.)
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What was the first televised debates between the two major party presidential candidates?
The first televised presidential debate was between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on Septermber 26,1960.
The first televised debates in the U.S. between the two major parties' Presidential candidates occurred in which campaign?
1960 between JFK and Nixon. These debated were widely regarded as having a decisive impact on the result.
What was the importance of the 1960 presidential debates?
Kennedy performed much better on television than Nixon
What candidates had the first US presidential debate?
The first debate on TV between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy which was on 26 September 1960 began the modern series of presidential debates. Abraham Lincoln and Steven A. Douglas engaged in a series of memorable debates during their campaign for US senator in 1858 two years before they ran for President
Why was the presidential debate in 1960 between Kennedy and Nixon unique?
The first televised debate between two Presidential candidates was between Nixon and Kennedy.
The televised debates is one reason why this presidential candidate won?
This President thought to have won the based on a televised debate which showed a clear difference in the physical appearance between the two candidates was John F. Kennedy.
What two senatorial candidates held a series of debates in Illinois in 1858?
Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln
Why was the 1960 presidential elction so different from the previous elections?
It was the only U. S. Presidential election in which one of the candidates had previously won two other U. S. Presidential elections. That candidate was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won his third presidential election in 1940... and his fourth in 1944. The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, ratified in February, 1951, made sure that wouldn't happen again (unless, of course, the amendment gets repealed in the future).
What is the adverb in the sentence The two presidential candidates were deeply involved in debate?
Deeply.
Who were the first two candidates in the first openly contested election for president?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the candidates in the first contested presidential election.
In Eight Below which two dogs are named for 1948 US Presidential candidates?
The Dogs 'Dewey' & 'Truman' are named for the 1948 US Presidential candidates Thomas E. Dewey and Harry S. Truman.
If a presidential candidate wins do the vice presidential candidate also wins?
Yes,the two candidates run as a team and voters can not cast separate ballots for these two positions.
