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==1960 election==

==1960 election==

The 1960 presidential election was historically important because, for the first time, television played an important part in the election.  Both of the candidates were skilled debaters and agreed to appear in four live televised debates.  Democrat, [[John F. Kennedy]], appeared handsome, young and bright on the cameras, whereas [[Richard Nixon]] looked pale, pasty and uncomfortable.  Although the viewers who heard the debate on radio thought Nixon won, those who saw it televised thought Kennedy won.  The debates where crucial to Kennedy's campaign.  When asked what helped him win the most, Kennedy said, "The live televised debates."   

The 1960 presidential election was historically important because, for the first time, television played an important part in the election.  Both of the candidates were skilled debaters and agreed to appear in four live televised debates.  Democrat, [[John F. Kennedy]], appeared handsome, young and bright on the cameras, whereas [[Richard Nixon]] looked pale, pasty and uncomfortable.  Although the viewers who heard the debate on radio thought Nixon won, those who saw it televised thought Kennedy won.  The debates where crucial to Kennedy's campaign.  When asked what helped him win the most, Kennedy said, "The live televised debates."  

 

The 1976 presidential election was another close race and the second which had both candidates agree to a debate since 1960 (both [[Johnson]] and [[Nixon]] didn't agree to any debates.) The election was concerned with the Watergate scandal, in which Nixon had a part.  There were three debates that took place with Ford and Carter and one with [[Mondale]] and [[Dole]].  The first debate occurred in Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Ford seemed to do better than Carter and started to gain in the poles.  <ref>  Near the end of the first debate a fuse broke and the station temporarily lost sound.  </ref>  The second debate happened in San Fransisco, California at which Ford made the fatal mistake of saying most eastern European countries weren't under Soviet control.  Then the one and only Vice Presidential devate took place in Houston, Texas.  Mondale gained a little bit of headway against Dole in the debate.  The third and last Presidential debate took place in Williamsburg, Virginia and neither candidate scored a high victory, making a "rubber match."  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Jimmy Carter]], by Linda R. Wade, Children's Press, 1989.  </ref> 

 

[[Category:Politics]]

[[Category:Politics]]