1988 Debates
There were two presidential debates and one vice presidential debate during the 1988 general election.
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October 5, 1988 (vice presidential)
General Election Presidential Debate
George Bush (R), Vice President and
Michael Dukakis (D), Massachusetts Governor
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Date: |
September 25, 1988 |
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Location: |
Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University |
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City: |
Winston-Salem, NC |
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Time: |
8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Eastern |
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Sponsor: |
Commission on Presidential Debates |
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Moderator: |
Jim Lehrer, PBS |
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Panelists: |
John Mashek, Atlanta Constitution; Peter Jennings, ABC; Anne Groer, Orlando Sentinel |
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Viewership: |
65.1 million (Data provided by Nielsen Media Research) |
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Format: |
No opening statements; each candidate questioned in turn with two minutes to respond; one minute rebuttal; follow-up questions permitted by panelists; two minute closing statements. |
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Topic: |
Questions divided between foreign and domestic policy |
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General Election Presidential Debate
George Bush (R), Vice President and
Michael Dukakis (D), Massachusetts Governor
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Date: |
October 13, 1988 |
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Location: |
Pauley Pavillion, University of California at Los Angeles |
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City: |
Los Angeles, CA |
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Time: |
9:00 – 10:30 p.m. Eastern |
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Sponsor: |
Commission on Presidential Debates |
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Moderator: |
Bernard Shaw, CNN |
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Panelists: |
Andrea Mitchell, NBC; Ann Compton, ABC; Margaret Warner, Newsweek |
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Viewership: |
67.3 million (Data provided by Nielsen Media Research) |
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Format: |
No opening statements; each candidate questioned in turn with two minutes to respond; one minute rebuttal; follow-up by panelists permitted; two minute closing statements. |
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Topics: |
Defense and foreign policy issues |
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Vice Presidential Debate
Dan Quayle (R), United States Senator (IN) and
Lloyd Bentsen (D), United States Senator (TX)
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Date: |
October 5, 1988 |
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Location: |
Omaha Civic Auditorium |
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City: |
Omaha, NE |
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Time: |
9:00 – 10:30 p.m. Eastern |
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Sponsor: |
Commission on Presidential Debates |
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Moderator: |
Judy Woodruff, PBS |
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Panelists: |
Tom Brokaw, NBC; Jon Margolis, Chicago Tribune; Brit Hume, ABC |
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Viewership: |
46.9 million (Data provided by Nielsen Media Research) |
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Format: |
No opening statements; each candidate questioned in turn with two minutes to respond; one minute rebuttal; two minute closing statements. |
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