The Iowa primary gave me a good idea of who everyone is this cycle, but the field of candidates was interesting enough to where I wanted to take a second…

Continuing with my analysis of past primary seasons, this is the 1988 Democratic Primary debate from Iowa. For me, without a lovable underdog like McGovern in this race, or a…

This is the only other 1984 Primary debate which includes McGovern and can be found online. There are a few others with just Mondale, Hart and Jackson…but I'm not sure…

This one is interesting to me because it features George McGovern himself, in his unsuccessful 1984 primary bid. (I'd also love to watch the primary debates from 1972 for the…

As bizarre as it may seem today, there were apparently no Republican primary debates held between the 1948 and 1980 cycles. I've done a lot of research on the topic…

This is the 1972 McGovern vs Humphrey debate from Face the Nation. This is chronologically the first of 3 debates I could find from the '72 cycle, after searching for…

This debate took place before the California Primary between Eugene McCarthy and Robert F Kennedy. I scoured the internet on and off for months to find footage of this, since…

While the Kennedy v Nixon debate was the first televised debate of a general election, this primary debate came 4 years earlier. It was considered pretty dull, even at the…

This is especially notable for being the first mass audience debate between prospective presidential candidates in US history. While it's true that Kennedy v Nixon was the first between general…

Now that I'm done with analyzing the Third Party debates, here are some general thoughts I have about them and the respective parties as a whole. First of all, these…

I found this after I'd written my analyses of the other third party debates even though it's chronologically first. It's not a debate so much as giving three third party…

This is to date the final debate of third party candidates. I don't believe one was held in 2016, if it was, I couldn't find it, and honestly I don't…

Finally we see Ralph Nader on the stage! This is blowing my mind but apparently he was an independent this cycle. (I could've sworn he was the Green candidate this…

I did not write up a reaction/analysis to the 2000 cycle of Third Party debates (there were two) because it was the same three candidates from 1996 and nobody new.…

Unlike the previous Independent Voters' Party experiment, this is a straightforward 3rd Party debate hosted by public access TV, rather than a bizarre (but noble) open party nomination where anyone…

I was combing over CSPAN to find primary debates and at some point during that process I found a 2012 Third Party Debate. I decided to see if there were…

Firing Line Debate Featuring George McGovern I found another debate McGovern participated in. This is a great discussion, very lively and with some great participants including Kemp, William F Buckley,…