How Presidential Debates Work

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 10 November 2011

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The first televised Presidential debate had some odd results: The radio audience tended to believe Nixon won, while television viewers supported Kennedy. Today, debates continue weld an enormous influence on public opinion. But how do they work?

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
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0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 camera.
0:33.3	It's ready, are you?
0:35.8	Welcome to Stucky Should Know, GrimhouseStuffWorks.com.
0:45.8	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:47.4	I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:51.3	One of the Fanta Girls, it turns out.
0:55.3	Did you remember the Fanta Girls?
0:57.1	Oh, don't you want that song?
1:00.4	Yeah.
1:01.7	Don't you want it? Don't you want something?
1:04.0	They were almost like the Fruit of the Loom guys.
1:06.8	It's a matter of fact they possibly were married.
1:09.1	Yeah.
1:09.9	That'd be an interesting off-sprink.
1:12.2	It goes on in television in my head.
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