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Iowa Politics: Debate Over Debates (Apr. 15, 2022)

Iowa Politics: Debate Over Debates (Apr. 15, 2022)

Fri Apr 15, 2022

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Debate Over Debates

The first set of presidential debates in the television era came in 1960, between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy. The medium was still new, but research found that those who listened on the radio favored Nixon, while those who saw the exchanges on TV were sold on Kennedy.

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