Sarah Stook looks back on the history of televised presidential debates
Author: Sarah Stook
Sarah Stook
Sarah Stook is a freelance writer with a great interest in US politics. Her area of interest is the Republican Party, presidential elections and how campaigns are conducted. You can follow her on Twitter at @sarah_stook.
I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience. This response by Ronald Reagan when journalist Henry Trewhitt asked about his age got everyone- including Democratic rival Walter Mondale- laughing. Reagan would be seventy-three on Inauguration Day, and was already the oldest man ever to hold office. Having won in 1980, he cruised to victory in a landslide in 1984, taking 49 of the 50 states. Age did not seem to bother the voters. It was not until years later that the public discovered that…
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