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		'76 Debates
			Governor Jimmy Carter and President Gerald Ford meet for the presidential debate in 16 years on September 23, 1976
	Courtesy Gerald R. Ford Library

Campaign '76: Debates

As Richard Nixon continued Lyndon Johnson's practice of not debating his opponents, the 1976 presidential debates were the first since the Nixon/Kennedy debates of 1960 and the vice-presidential debates were the first ever.

Transcripts of the Debates

Presidential: Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Vice-Presidential: Robert Dole vs. Walter Mondale

Background to the Debates

On September 18, 1976, David Gergen, who was a Special Assistant to Ford's Chief of Staff Dick Cheney, wrote a memo criticizing the prevailing debate strategies for Ford.

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