Happen. When was the first debate . This is a false hint. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. They had numerous debates. Kind of an odd situation. The real first president ial debate was between kennedy and nixon in 1960. Richard nixon had been Vice President for eight years. Much better known than kennedy. Nixon had taken advantage of television. He was known as a fierce debater. They decided to sponsor a series of debates. Confident and willing. He was the front runner. The consensus was, these debates cost nixon the election. Which was very close. It elevated kennedy immediately. Now they are on an even level. The senator and the Vice President. Also his appearance was much better. Much more handsome. More telegenic. There have been some studies on this. The people who listens to the , and they were very boring back then. They had very long answers. They are more interesting now. Those who listen to the first debate on radio thought nixon won. Those who watched
But i felt like it was going to be safe. Reporter more than 40 of ballots sent out have been returned, but with a major jump in Voter Registration from 2016, secretary of state alex padilla says it means there is still a lot to people who need to cast their vote. The math is simple, there is more than 22 million registered voters in the state of california. A little bit more than nine a half million ballots already back, that is great early voting number, but that means there is more than 10 million voters who have yet to participate. Reporter several sports arenas will be converted into early voting and ballot drop off locations, starting saturday, and three election day, that includes levis a stadium in santa clara, and the oakland coliseum, the warriors have transformed the practice facility in downtown oakland on broadway, and Kaiser Permanente arena in santa cruz into pulling sites, the area around the chase center will serve as a ballot dropoff location, with more options opening
Whether i was on the staff for a candidate. I am really excited to talk about this today. I want to give you a little bit of history. President ial and Vice President ial general election debates have become a highlight of the campaign season. It is something we expect to happen. When was the first debate . Here is a trivia question. Historical trivia. Does anyone know . I will give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . [laughter] this is a false hint. That is lincoln and douglas. Those debates were when they were running for the senate. Bid illinois in 1858 in 1858. Is and in they had numerous debates. Kind of an odd situation. Two years later, they were on a Major Party Ticket against each other. The real first president ial debate was between kennedy and nixon in 1960. Richard nixon had been Vice President for eight years. Much better known than kennedy. Nixon had taken advantage of television. Believe it or not. He was known as a fierce debater. The Television Networks decid
Its my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with popular vote. Bob . Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm gordons teen of aei, michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Brown a common, evoked to latina, and jesse wagon, New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump in the last election. Not surprisingly it was ohio and north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish that Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be, if we did change the system, and norm, ill start with you, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large speed it dates and i was kind of amused when senator kramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Well, guess what . When it com
Its my pleasure now to introduce bob cusack, the editorinchief of the hill who will moderate a panel on how will candidates messages and platforms change with popular vote. Bob . Thanks, jim. I want to introduce our panel. Norm gordons teen of aei, michael steele, former chair of the rnc. Brown a common, evoked to latina, and jesse wagon, New York Times editorial board. I was looking back at the states that were visited most by donald trump in the last election. Not surprisingly it was ohio and north carolina, florida, pennsylvania, of course democrats wish that Hillary Clinton had visited wisconsin a bit more. The first question would be, if we did change the system, and norm, ill start with you, what would be the impact of campaigns and their strategy . So, as you mentioned, bob, they visited the large speed it dates and i was kind of amused when senator kramer of north dakota defending the Electoral College said this would make north dakota irrelevant. Well, guess what . When it com