2007-04-17 14:54:29 · 6 answers · asked by 15 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
first televised debates.
2007-04-17 14:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is true that 1960 witnessed the first televised debate in a Presidential campaign, but I'm not sure it was that great a "turning point", since there wasn't another televised debate until 1976! (and we've had them ever since)
So you might go with another distinctive -- it was the first time Americans elected a Roman Catholic to be President.
2007-04-18 05:29:02 · answer #2 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There can be other answers, but mine would be the use of television as a decisive factor. It had been used in sound-bite fashion by the Eisenhower people against Stevenson, but they never had a televised debate.
2007-04-17 14:58:43 · answer #3 · answered by obelix 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Television! People saw Kennedy vs. Nixon and judged by appearance more than political views. Maybe not a bad thing there however. Imagine Nixon becoming president then!!
2007-04-17 14:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by Fat Boy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ironically enough live TV or not "Fat Boy" is right. Even though years later there have been revelations of Jack Kennedy pumped up full of meds ( however legitimate they may have been"- Broadcast or no broadcast. Kennedy clearly looked, sounded, and presented himself better.
2015-12-12 22:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by cordless extension cord 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Debates between the main two candidates
2007-04-17 15:22:31 · answer #6 · answered by mar m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋