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e. 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. The first debate took place on September 29, 2020.
Sep 26, 2016 · October 7, 2020. Harris vs. Pence: The 2020 vice presidential debate About the debate: The 2020 presidential race features Republican incumbent President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe ...
- 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...
Oct 23, 2020 · Fact check: Biden claims an additional 200,000 Americans will die from Covid-19 by end of the year. Former vice president Joe Biden said in tonight's debate: "The expectation is we'll have another ...
Oct 23, 2020 · President Donald Trump and Joe Biden face for the final debate tonight. Chelsea Stahl / NBC News. The first debate, to put it politely, was raucous. The vice presidential debate was placid by ...
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Oct 22, 2020 · Biden’s remarks at the final presidential debate came after President Donald Trump acknowledged that he was seeking to “terminate” Obamacare while promising to “come up with a brand new ...
Oct 22, 2020 · Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during the second 2020 presidential campaign debate with U.S. President Donald Trump at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, October 22 ...
