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Revision as of 22:31, February 15, 2016
See Presidential Debates for a fascinating history.
Because term limits prevent the incumbent from running, the open seat has drawn a very large number of announced candidates for President in 2016. In part the participation by candidates have validated the legitimacy of the debates and the participation in the debates have validated individual candidates. The Republican National Committee organized a series of televised debates in partnership with various news organizations. Because 2012 resulted in an uncomfortable number of candidates remaining in the contest for the nomination longer than the RNC felt desirable, the RNC adopted a policy to reduce the number of participants based on their standings in national polls. The candidates who did not make the poll performance cut-off were allowed to participate in an "undercard" debate prior to the main dabate. When Carly Fiorina did not have sufficient support in the polls to make the main debate, the protests over excluding the only female candidate resulted in her being included in the main debate.
Debates are very costly to produce and televise. Sponsors, rather than the candidates campaigns, finance these costs. As a result, the rules and format are decided by the sponsors rather than the candidates.
The presidential debates 2016 are as follows:
Contents
Republican primary debates
- Thursday, August 6, 2015 Fox News Republican Debate
- Wednesday, September 16, 2015 CNN Republican Debate
- Wednesday, October 28, 2015 CNBC Republican Debate
- Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Fox Business/WSJ Republican Debate
- Tuesday, December 15, 2015 CNN Republican Debate
- Thursday, January 14, 2016 Fox Business Republican Debate
Donald Trump boycotted the debate because Fox News had issued a press release that insulted him. Trump also criticized Megyn Kelly as a biased debate moderator. The Fox press release read:
| “ | “We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president – a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.” | ” |
- Saturday, February 6, 2016 ABC News/IJReview Republican Debate
- Location: Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire
- Sponsors: ABC News, IJReview.com, WMUR
- Moderators: David Muir and Martha Raddatz
- Candidates: Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Carson, Bush, Kasich, Christie
- Saturday, February 13, 2016 CBS News Republican Debate
- Location: The Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina
- Sponsors: CBS News
- Moderator: John Dickerson
- Candidates: Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Bush, Kasich, Carson
- Thursday, February 25, 2016 CNN Republican Debate
- Location: University of Houston in Houston, Texas
- Sponsors: CNN and Telemundo
- Candidates: To be determined
This debate originally scheduled for February 26. The RNC replaced NBC was with CNN as the sponsor and the date moved to February 25. This was as a protest to the questions posed by CNBC at the October 28 debate.
- Thursday, March 3, 2016 Fox News Republican Debate
- Aired On: Fox News Channel
- Location: Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan
- Sponsors: Fox News
- Moderators: Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace
- Candidates: To be determined
- Thursday, March 10, 2016 CNN Republican Debate
- Location: University of Miami in Miami, Florida
- Sponsors: CNN, The Washington Times, Salem Media Group
- Candidates: To be determined
Democratic primary debates
- Tuesday, October 13, 2015 CNN Democratic Primary Debate
- Location: Wynn Las Vegas
- Sponsors: CNN, Nevada Democratic Party
- Moderators: Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, and Dana Bash
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley, Webb, Chafee
- Saturday, November 14, 2015 CBS News Democratic Debate
- Location: Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa
- Sponsors: CBS News, KCCI, the Des Moines Register
- Moderator: John Dickerson
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley
- Saturday, December 19, 2015 ABC News Democratic Debate
- Location: Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire
- Sponsors: ABC News, New Hampshire Democratic Party
- Moderators: David Muir and Martha Raddatz
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley
- Sunday, January 17, 2016 NBC News Democratic Primary Debate
- Location: Charleston, South Carolina
- Sponsors: NBC, Congressional Black Caucus Institute
- Moderator: Lester Holt
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley
- Monday, January 25, 2016 CNN Iowa Democratic Town Hall
- Location: Drake University in Des Moines, IA
- Sponsors: CNN
- Moderator: Chris Cuomo
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders, O'Malley
- Thursday, February 4, 2016 MSNBC Democratic Debate
- Location: University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH
- Sponsors: MSNBC
- Moderators: Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders
- Thursday, February 11, 2016 PBS Democratic Primary Debate
- Location: UW-Milwaukee in Wisconsin
- Sponsors: PBS
- Moderators: Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff
- Candidates: Clinton, Sanders
- Sunday, March 6, 2016 CNN Democratic Primary Debate
Location: Flint, Michigan Sponsors: TBD Candidates: TBD
- Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Univision Democratic Primary Debate
Location: Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida Sponsors: Univision, The Washington Post Candidates: TBD
General election debates
This schedule is set by the Commission on Presidential Debates long before any candidates are selected.
- Monday, September 26, 2016 First presidential debate
- Location: Wright State University, Dayton, OH
- Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Vice presidential debate
- Location: Longwood University, Farmville, VA
- Sunday, October 9, 2016 Second presidential debate
- Location: Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Third presidential debate
- Location: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Analysis
The ability to persuade voters through debates has now been questioned.
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Donald Trump will boycott next Republican debate. The Guardian. Retrieved on February 15, 2016.
