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The 2020 United States presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the major candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election, were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. There were three initially planned scheduled debates.
Oct 22, 2020 · Final Presidential Debate 2020: Live Updates & Video Highlights: Latest News, Top Stories & Analysis - POLITICO. Trump, Biden get their do-over: Key moments from the final debate. It was...
- Candidate Selection Criteria
- Noteworthy Events
- History of Televised Presidential Debates
- See Also
The Commission on Presidential Debates(CPD) used the following criteria to select candidates to participate in the 2020 general election presidential debates: 1. The candidate must satisfy the constitutional eligibility requirements, including being at least 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and a resident of the United States for fourteen year...
Logistical changes in response to the coronavirus pandemic
The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, was originally scheduled to host the first presidential debate but withdrew in response to the coronavirus pandemic. On July 27, 2020, the event was moved to Cleveland, Ohio. On June 23, 2020, the commission announced the second presidential debate was moving from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida. Mark Schlissel, the president of the University of Michi...
Request for additional debates
In August 2020, Rudy Giuliani sent a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debateson behalf of the Trump campaign requesting a fourth debate be held in early September before states began to send out absentee ballots. If not, Giuliani said the third debate should be moved from October 22, 2020, to the first week in September. The commission rejected the request to add a fourth debate or alter the schedule. “While more people will likely vote by mail in 2020, the debate schedule has been an...
Although the 1960 general election debate between John F. Kennedy (D) and Richard Nixon(R) is frequently cited as the first televised presidential debate, two came before it. The first televised presidential debate took place on May 21, 1956, when an ABC affiliate in Miami broadcast a Democratic primary debate between Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefa...
Sep 30, 2020 · Presidential debate: Who won the Trump-Biden clash? 30 September 2020. By Anthony Zurcher,North America reporter, @awzurcher. "Shut up, man" and other insults and interruptions. In a debate...
Oct 23, 2020 · From CNN's Aditi Sangal. A CNN instant poll of debate watchers finds that 53% of the watchers thought Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the final presidential debate. Meanwhile,...
Oct 23, 2020 · 22 October 2020. By Anthony Zurcher,North America reporter, @awzurcher. What you missed - the best bits from Trump and Biden's final debate. The mute button, or at least the threat of it, seemed...
Oct 23, 2020 · NBC News tracked debate topics, attacks and interruptions between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden at the final presidential debate, 2020.
