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The first presidential debates in the United States were sparked by a series of seven senate debates in Illinois in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen Douglas. Lincoln followed Douglas's campaign path across the state and organized the debates without a moderator or panel. Lincoln would deliver a speech in the same location a few days after Douglas did so.
Lincoln and Douglas decided to discuss slavery for seven three-hour sessions, with each session lasting an hour and fifteen minutes.
Debates did not really take off in the United States. Despite the first ever televised presidential debate in 1952, which included all the contenders.
A controversial first debate performance by President Trump and future debates in chaos due to the president's CORONA diagnosis have already made the 2020 presidential debate series historic. Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence will face off in a vice-presidential debate on October 7th, with plexiglass partitions between the two candidates and the evening's moderator, USA Today's Susan Page. Despite Trump's continuing struggle with CORONA and the risk for transmission, Trump has declared he wants to face Biden in person on Oct. 15.
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