Essays on Presidential Debate

The evening of September 26th, 1960, marked the date for the first Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate. Even though it only ran 59 minutes, to this day it is still considered to be an important debate to be studied in the science of political behavior. It was...

Speech is an indispensable part for the presidential candidates to attain the votes of citizens. The delivery of how an individual verbalizes and expresses his or her thoughts and ideas can be a critical element for voters to decide whether the presidential candidate is competent...

Emerging from the 1960s television has played a significant role in presidential elections. Television has spawned a new era of presidencies in which they take the form of actors. Indeed media has made presidential elections less fair, yet it has enabled it to be more...

I watched the first 35 minutes of the second debate on October 9, which was the town hall type debate. Neither Trump nor Clinton directly name-called the other. There were times when they used common things that are directed towards a certain person, for example,...