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John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
The first televised presidential debate was between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on Septermber 26,1960.
The first televised presidential debate took place in 1960, between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
The first televised debate between major presidential candidates occurred in 1960 between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
The first televised debate between two Presidential candidates was between Nixon and Kennedy.
The first Televised presidential debate was held between Nixon and Kennedy.
Richard Nixon. One of the important events in the election was the first TV debate between Nixon and Kennedy. Nixon looked dead on TV and Kennedy looked young and smart. It gave him the 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.
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The first debate was between Nixon and JFK. JFK came out of it better than Nixon because he looked young and fresh and Nixon didn't look good.
September 26, 1960, 70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon in the first-ever televised presidential debate. It was the first of four televised "Great Debates" between Kennedy and Nixon.