Commission On Presidential Debate 2016

Presidential and vice presidential candidates and undertakes research and educational activities.

Commission on presidential debate 2016. Trump also sparred with the commission on presidential debates in 2016 claiming at one point that the debates were scheduled to coincide with nfl games. Cpd invites hillary clinton and donald j. In 2016 trump sent shockwaves through the political world when he also boycotted the seventh republican presidential debate and held his own event in iowa stealing the show he refused to attend. Sep 29 2020 presidential debate case western reserve university and cleveland clinic cleveland oh oct 7 2020 vice presidential debate the university of utah salt lake city ut oct 22 2020 presidential debate belmont university nashville tn.

October 9 2016 location. Jeb bush s unsuccessful 2016 presidential campaign fec records show. After the first debate trump complained about a microphone malfunction in the hall. The commission on presidential debates the cpd is a private nonpartisan 501 c 3 organization.

Debate format between 1992 and 2012 a single moderator was used in all debates. Familiarity with the candidates and the. Parsons donated to former florida gov. Olympia snowe who was known for opposing trump in 2016 is also on the commission.

Former republican maine sen. General election presidential debate hillary clinton d and donald j. The commission on presidential debates cpd is a nonprofit corporation established in 1987 under the joint sponsorship of the democratic and republican political parties in the united states 1 3 the cpd sponsors and produces debates for u s. The 2016 united states presidential debates were a series of debates held for the presidential election the commission on presidential debates cpd a bipartisan organization formed in 1987 organized three debates among the major presidential candidates.

9 00 10 30pm eastern sponsor. Commission on presidential debates moderator. Martha raddatz abc anderson cooper cnn. As a 501 c 3 organization it is eligible under federal law to serve as a debate sponsor.

An overview what is the cpd. Moderators were chosen by the cpd based on the following three criteria. Washington university in st.