Which presidential candidates took place in the first televised debates? Bonus points if you can name the winner.

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between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. Many TV viewers felt Kennedy was a runaway winner.
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"Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. The year was 1960. Both men comported themselves well during the debates but most people who heard them on the radio thought Nixon had won. This was not the case however and Kennedy was declared the winner. Some political historians believe than the televised debate gave the young and handsome Senator an advantage over the campaign weary vice-president who was beginning to show the effects of the long hard political battle."

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