1984 Debates
There were two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate during the 1984 general election.
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General Election Presidential Debate
Ronald Reagan (R), President and
Walter Mondale (D), Former Vice President
Date: October 7, 1984 Location: Center for the Performing Arts City: Louisville, KY Time: 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. Eastern Sponsor: League of Women Voters Moderator: Barbara Walters, ABC News Panelists: James Wieghart, New York Daily News, Diane Sawyer, ABC News, Fred Barnes, New Republic Viewership: 65.1 million (Data provided by Nielsen Media Research) Format: Same questions posed to each candidate, who had two and a half minutes to respond; follow-up by panelists permitted; one minute rebuttal; four minute closing statements. Topics: Economic and domestic issues Transcript: Transcript currently unavailable Video
General Election Presidential Debate
Ronald Reagan (R), President and
Walter Mondale (D), Former Vice President
Date: October 21, 1984 Location: Music Hall, Municipal Auditorium City: Kansas City, KS Time: 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Eastern Sponsor: League of Women Voters Moderator: Edwin Newman, Baltimore Sun Panelists: Georgie Anne Geyer, Universal Press Syndicate; Marvin Kalb, NBC News; Morton Kondracke, New Republic Viewership: 67.3 million (Data provided by Nielsen Media Research) Format: Same questions posed to each candidate, who had two and one half minutes to respond; one minute follow-up; one minute rebuttal; four minute closing statements. Topics: Defense and foreign policy issues Transcript: Transcript currently unavailable Video
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Vice Presidential Debate
George Bush (R), Vice President and
Geraldine Ferraro (D), United States Congresswoman (NY)
Date: October 11, 1984 Location: Pennsylvania Hall Civic Center City: Philadelphia, PA Time: 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. Eastern Sponsor: League of Women Voters Moderator: Sander Vanocur, ABC News Panelists: John Mashek, U.S. News & World Report; Jack White, Time; Norma Quarles, NBC News; Robert Boyd, Knight-Ridder Newspapers Viewership: 56.7 million (Data provided by Nielsen Media Research) Format: Same questions posed to each candidate, who had two and a half minutes to respond; follow-up permitted by panelists; one minute rebuttal; four minute closing statements. Topics: First half: domestic affairs. Second half: foreign affairs. Transcript Video
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