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Elections: Debating the 1976 Debates: Establishing a Tradition of Negotiations
Author(s) -
SELF JOHN W.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2007.02600.x
Subject(s) - presidential system , negotiation , political science , league , presidential campaign , political economy , public administration , law , politics , sociology , physics , astronomy
The 1976 presidential campaign brought televised presidential debates back to the presidential campaign after a 16‐year absence. Like every presidential campaign debate, the 1976 debates were carefully planned and negotiated before they aired in the fall. The negotiators, much like the negotiators in 1960, gained control of the negotiations as well as the debates. This article culls together information from many sources to reveal how the 1976 debates were negotiated between the Ford and Carter campaigns as well as the League of Women Voters. This article is part of a larger project to develop a theory of presidential debate negotiation.