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The Great Debates  

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  • The term Great Debates was commonly used for the Lincoln-Douglas Debates during the 1858 Senate race in Illinois. Since then, the term has been extended to apply to several presidential debates, especially during the television era. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Great Debates, the]

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