THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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Most TV viewers felt as though JFK was the stronger candidate, which helped him to win the election.
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Most TV viewers felt as though JFK was the stronger candidate, but it did not help him to win the election.
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Most TV viewers felt as though Nixon was the stronger candidate, which helped him to win the election.
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Most TV viewers felt as though Nixon was the stronger candidate, but it did not help him to win the election.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which presidential campaign produced the first nationally televised debate? The typical answer to that question is 1960, Kennedy v. Nixon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1960 presidential election was not decided by one event, tactic or blunder. John Kennedy’s selection of Lyndon Johnson as Vice President, his convincing rebuttals to attacks on his religion, inexperience and health, and Republican errors all had a substantial bearing on the outcome.
Detailed explanation-3: -The dramatic effect of televised presidential debates was demonstrated again in the 1976 debates between Ford and Carter. Ford had already cut into Carter’s large lead in the polls, and was generally viewed as having won the first debate on domestic policy.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the 1960 debates between the two candidates, Americans for the first time could tune in and watch the debates on television, or listen on the radio. About 70 million people tuned in to watch the Kennedy/Nixon debates.