2016 Vice Presidential Debate: Home

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. (Description taken from Commission's Mission.)

"A comparative international resource for groups organizing candidate debates for a range of elected offices"

"The pages in this section summarize available information on major historic political debates. Click on a debate year at left to learn about debate(s) that occurred in that year.

Items of note: the debates of 1858 set the stage for Abraham Lincoln's later run for the presidency; 1948 and 1956 were the only public debates among presidential candidates prior to 1960; there were no presidential debates between 1960 and 1976."

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