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Five key debate moments that altered the course of a presidential race

  • Written by Robert Speel, Associate Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University

Every presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from historic presidential debates.

I explain to students that while the presidential candidate debates are supposed to be about presenting policy alternatives to...

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