And november, and the first week of november, the candidates carry their message to the people. [applause] it started in july, when the Democratic Party nominated senator john f. Kennedy for president of the United States. And for Vice President , senator lyndon b. Johnson. The party united behind its candidate. Richard m. Nixon was the choice of the republican party. He had served as Vice President of the United States since 1953. Now, he was a candidate for the presidency. His Vice President ial running mate, ambassador henry cabot lodge. As the campaign gets underway, the president ial candidates meet facetoface in Television Debates seen and heard by millions of people, the same people who will decide which of these two men shall lead the country for the next four years. But personal contact with the people is still an essential feature of an american president ial campaign. Senator kennedy, a tireless campaigner, goes to all sections of the country, spelling out his views on domes
Narrator it is Early Morning of the first tuesday in november. This is an american city, a city that is not very large, not very rich, not very old. It is situated in the western part of the United States, in california. Its name is riverton. The woman in the car is mrs. Dawson, one of rivertons 15,000 residents. She is principal of Public School number two, but today there will be no classes held here, for this is election day. This classroom is one of the 130,000 places the country over in which american citizens are going to cast votes today. This is the table where the voters names will be checked. The locked ballot box and the polling booth. Here it is, in the privacy of this curtained space that americans vote every four years on the first tuesday after the first monday in november, to choose the national government. Here come mrs. Dawsons colleagues on the election secondf rivertons precinct, each representing one of the Major Political parties. Mr. Schwartz, a republican, works
Provider. Vice president al gore expected his partys president ial nomination at the 2000 Democratic National convention in los angeles. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my husband, our next president of the United States, al gore. [ cheers and applause ] thaup [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I speak tonight of gratitude, achievement and high hopes for our country. Tonight, i think first of those who helped me get here, starting with the people of tennessee. And then those who braved the first snows of iowa, and new hampshire. And all of you here from all over this country. Who have come with me into the warm sunlight of this great city. While i cant thank each of you individually in words, i do so in my heart. And i know you wont mind if i single out someone who has just spoken out so eloquently, someone ive loved with my
November the candidates carry their message to the people. It started in july when the Democratic Party nominated john f. Kennedy for president of the United States and for Vice President senator lyndon b. Johnson. The party united behind its candidates. Richard m. Nixon was the choice of the republican party. Hi was president since 1953. Now he was a candidate for the presidency. His running mate was candidate lodge. They meet face to face in Television Debates seen and heard by millions of people. They will decide which of these two men should lead the country for the next four years. But personal contact with people is still than in essential feature of a american president ial campaign. Senator kennedy, a tireless campaigner, goes to all sections of the country spelling out his views on domestic and foreign policy. The overriding issue is the maintenance of peace and meeting the challenge of the international situation. On Domestic Affairs he stresses the governments role in demogr
Nixon and john f. Kennedy. [ cheers ] all through september and october and the first week of november the candidates carry their message to the people. [ cheers and applause ] it started with the dom inparty nominating senator john f. Kennedy for president of the United States and for Vice President senator lyndon b. Johnson. The party united behind its candidates. Richard m. Nixon was the choice of the Republican Party. He had served as Vice President of the United States since 1953. Now he was a candidate for the presidency. His Vice President ial running mate ambassador hentry cabot. As the campaign gets under way the president candidates meet face to fais on Television Debates seen by millions of people. The same people who will decide which of these two men shall lead the country for the next four years. But personal contact with the people is still an essential feature of an american president ial campaign. Senator kennedy, a tireless campaigner goes to all sections of the count