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Which election featured the first presidential primary debate?
a. 1932
b. 1948
c. 1960
d. 1976
On October 15, 2019, the Democratic Party held its fourth primary debate of the 2020 election cycle. With 12 candidates on stage, it was, at the time, the largest presidential debate in U.S. history.

The first presidential primary debate took place during the 1948 election and featured two candidates: Thomas Dewey (R) and Harold Stassen (R). Broadcast on KEX-ABC radio out of Portland, Oregon, an estimated 40-80 million Americans listened. The hourlong debate was confined to a single topic: whether the Communist Party should be outlawed in the United States. Dewey and Stassen were each permitted a 20-minute opening statement, with eight and half minutes each for rebuttals. A recording of that debate may be found here. Dewey would go on to win the Republican nomination before losing the general election to incumbent Harry Truman (D).

The Democratic Party did not hold a presidential primary debate until 1956. That year, Adlai Stevenson (D) and Estes Kefauver (D) met in Miami, Florida, for a debate on ABC News. It was the first televised presidential debate in U.S. history. Stevenson and Kefauver were each permitted a three-minute opening statement and a five-minute closing statement. A recording of that debate can be found here. Stevenson won the Democratic nomination but was defeated in the general by incumbent Dwight Eisenhower (R).

The first general election debates took place in 1960 between John F. Kennedy (D) and Richard Nixon (R). Nixon and Kennedy met for a series of four one-hour debates between September 26 and October 21, 1960. Between 60 and 70 million viewers watched each debate. While no general election debates were held during the 1964, 1968, and 1972 elections, there have been at least two general election debates in every presidential election since 1976.