TV, Documentary 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate Part II
Part 2 of a kinescope of the John F Kennedy and Richard M Nixon presidential debate.
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The 1960 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 1960 presidential election.
Four presidential debates were held between Republican nominee Richard Nixon and Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy. All four presidential debates were the first series of debates conducted for any US presidential election. The next presidential debate did not occur until 1976, after which debates would become a regular feature of all presidential campaigns.
In 1960, the Republican Party nominated the incumbent vice president Richard Nixon as their presidential nominee, with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., the United States ambassador to the United Nations, as his running mate. John F. Kennedy, a senator from Massachusetts, was nominated by the Democratic Party as their presidential nominee. He chose the Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate. Most polls after the party conventions showed the Nixon–Lodge ticket having a six-point lead over the Kennedy–Johnson
