Which two candidates participated in the first-ever televised U.S. presidential debate in 1960?
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John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon
People who listened on the radio thought Nixon won, but those who watched on TV overwhelmingly favored the more polished-looking Kennedy. This event proved how television could influence political outcomes.
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