Julian E. Zelizer is a political historian at Princeton University and a Political Reform Fellow at New America. He is the author of The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle ...

American presidential debates have often reflected more than just policy disagreements—they’ve exposed deep cultural, regional, and ideological divides. Long before the age of social media and 24-hour ...

07 Oct 1960, Washington, DC, USA --- Presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon shake hands after their televised debate of October 7, 1960. The two ...

Charlie Neibergall/AP Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will face off in their first presidential debate on Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. There are three ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - October 21, 1984. The second presidential debate between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale was held in Kansas City at the Municipal Auditorium. The debate is remembered for ...

President Donald Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden are squaring off for the first presidential debate in Cleveland. But do debates make a difference when it comes to the actual result? The ...

The Oct. 15, 1992, presidential debate promised to be an unusual one when compared to those in previous election years. For one, it featured three candidates rather than two, and for another, it ...

A look at some of Donald Trump's past debates reveal what to expect in his Sept. 10 matchup against Vice President Kamala Harris.