2006-11-01 10:11:19 · 5 answers · asked by Harsh 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The nominees of the two major parties did not debate until 1960, when Republican Vice President Richard Nixon faced John Kennedy, the junior Democratic Senator from Massachusetts. Although the 1960 debates were popular with the public and broadcast nationally on network television, presidential debates took a hiatus until 1976.
2006-11-01 10:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by bluebug 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually...there was a TV debate of Democratic presidential candidates in 1948...a full twelve years before Kennedy/Nixon.
2006-11-01 19:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by rrticulate1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first debate was in 1960, Kennedy / Nixon
2006-11-01 18:15:21 · answer #3 · answered by j H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kennedy and Nixon
2006-11-01 18:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by imnogeniusbutt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
JFK and Nixon.
2006-11-01 18:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by elk312 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋