While people now reflect on how or whether Nixon’s sweaty, haggard appearance during the debate cost him the election, the view in 1960 was that the debate was a draw.
L-R: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrats), Stephen Flynn (SNP), Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru), Penny Mordaunt (Conservatives), Angela Rayner (Labour), Nigel Farage (Reform UK) and Carla Denyer (Green Party).
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Race, gender and social class still play a massive part in deciding who gets ahead in film, TV and radio.
Host Jack Barry, middle, is flanked by contestants on ‘21,’ a 1950s TV game show.
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Debates may help voters identify which candidate shares their views but they do not help them think critically about those views. That’s because presidential debates don’t live up to their name.
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Who took the points in the first leaders’ debate of the 2016 campaign?
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