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Explain how television influenced the 1960 presidential election?(12 points)

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During the 1960 debates between the two candidates, Americans for the first time could tune in and watch the debates on television, or listen on the radio. ... When they turned on their television sets, they saw a tired Richard Nixon and a tanned, fit John Kennedy.

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