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Political Debates: Useful or Just Political Theater

Political Debates: Useful or Just Political Theater?

Things have certainly changed since 1960 and the Kennedy-Nixon televised debate. This debate is often cited as the โ€˜firstโ€™ televised presidential debateโ€ฆit is not. The actual first televised โ€˜debateโ€™ of presidential candidates took place in May of 1956 between two Democratic Party primary candidates, Tennessee Sen. Estes Kefauver and former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson.1 The…