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2016 United States presidential debates

The 2016 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held for the presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized three debates among the major presidential candidates. The first of these presidential debates took place on September 26, 2016, and set the record as the most-watched debate in American history, with 84 million viewers. The second debate took place on October 9, and the third took place on October 19. All CPD debates occurred from approximately 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. PDT). Only the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the Republican nominee Donald Trump met the criteria for inclusion in the debates, and thus were the only two to appear in the debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The CPD-sponsored vice presidential debate took place on October 4, 2016. Only Democratic nominee Tim Kaine and Republican nominee Mike Pence appeared in it.

Presidential debate

September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)

95 minutes

Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York

Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump

NBC
C-SPAN
Bloomberg Politics

Lester Holt of NBC

Commission on Presidential Debates
Politico
The Washington Post

FactCheck.org
PolitiFact
NPR
The New York Times
Associated Press Archived March 3, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
Bloomberg Politics

hofstra.edu/debate

October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04)

92 minutes

Longwood University

Farmville, Virginia

Tim Kaine
Mike Pence

CBS
C-SPAN
Bloomberg Politics

Elaine Quijano of CBS

Commission on Presidential Debates
The New York Times
The Washington Post

PolitiFact
NPR
ABC News
The New York Times
Associated Press

debate.longwood.edu

October 9, 2016 (2016-10-09)

90 minutes

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump

NBC
CBS
C-SPAN
Bloomberg Politics

Anderson Cooper of CNN
Martha Raddatz of ABC News

Commission on Presidential Debates
Politico
The New York Times

FactCheck.org
PolitiFact
NPR
The New York Times

debate.wustl.edu

October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19)

93 minutes

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Paradise, Nevada

Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump

CBS
NBC
C-SPAN

Chris Wallace of Fox News

Commission on Presidential Debates
The Washington Post
The New York Times

The Washington Post
The New York Times
PolitiFact
NPR
CBS News Archived March 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

unlv.edu/2016debate

On national security issues, the sole mention of , the U.S.'s longest-running war, came in a mention by Clinton in response to a question about NATO in the first debate.[15] Veterans and the VA were the subject of brief mentions six times over the three presidential debates, but "never in the context of major policy or reform proposals."[15]

Afghanistan

On foreign policy, a number of issues were not addressed by any candidate or moderator, including Africa, , China's nine-dash line, South America, Egypt, and drone warfare.[16]

U.S.-Cuba relations

On domestic policy, issues that neither candidate mentioned in any debate include , affirmative action, the death penalty, the NSA, the Patriot Act, marijuana, charter schools, and DACA or the Dreamers.[16]

universal pre-kindergarten

On economic issues, issues that neither candidate mentioned in any debate include , the capital gains tax, paid leave, oil drilling and fracking, pensions, and labor unions.[16]

budget sequestration

On Russian cyberattacks on the United States and influence on the election, no questions were asked, but during the third debate Clinton revealed her knowledge of behind the scenes events, which she stated happened because favored Trump, whom she called a "puppet". Trump strongly rejected the description.[17]

Putin

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Michael Tesler. 2018. "Islamophobia in the 2016 Election." The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.

and Marc J. Hetherington. 2016. "Back to the Future? What the Politics of the Late Nineteenth Century Can Tell Us about the 2016 Election." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Julia Azari

Michael Tesler, Lynn Vavreck. 2018. Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America. Princeton University Press.

John Sides

Democratic Party presidential debates and forums, 2016

Green Party presidential debates and forums, 2016

Libertarian Party presidential debates and forums, 2016

Republican Party presidential debates and forums, 2016

and Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016–election day)

Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

. CPD.

Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Format for 2016 General Election Debates

on C-SPAN

Videos of the 2016 presidential debates

A of the Las Vegas Debate created for the Miami Herald by Gramener

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