Biden-Trump debate compared to Nixon and Kennedy's historic matchup

President Biden and erstwhile President Trump’s tense Thursday nighttime match-up was the archetypal statement since 1960 to not diagnostic a unrecorded audience.

CNN CEO Mark Thompson told Axios earlier this week that helium was aiming for "an perfectly classical debate," akin to the first-ever televised statement betwixt erstwhile Presidents Kennedy and Nixon successful 1960. 

It was 1 of respective details that spurred comparisons online betwixt the CNN Presidential Debate and the historically significant archetypal statement betwixt Kennedy and Nixon.

Political commentator S.E. Cupp wrote connected X, "Maybe the astir consequential statement since Nixon/Kennedy?"

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President Biden, left, and erstwhile President Trump talk astatine the CNN Presidential Debate. (Getty Images)

Nixon, who had conscionable spent the amended portion of a decennary arsenic vice president successful the Eisenhower administration, had led then-young Sen. John F. Kennedy successful astir nationalist polls up of the event, according to the National Constitution Center.

However, Kennedy’s squad took a much media-savvy approach, accepting an invitation for a media walkthrough earlier the lawsuit and opting for wearing constitution for the cameras, according to reports.

Nixon, feeling the toll of some the aggravated run way and a caller infirmary stay, appeared bushed and unhealthy. 

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It was the archetypal statement without a unrecorded assemblage since the archetypal televised statement successful 1960. (Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

It was wide reported that radical who watched the statement connected tv thought Kennedy won, and radical who listened to it connected the vigor thought Nixon won. Kennedy went connected to triumph the election by a constrictive margin.

RealClearPolitics elections expert Nathaniel Rakich made the examination to Thursday’s statement connected X.

"The modern mentation of the Nixon-Kennedy debate: People who lone work the transcript volition deliberation Biden won, radical who ticker oregon perceive volition deliberation Trump won," helium wrote.

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From near to right, Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963), Don Hewitt of CBS News and Vice President Richard M. Nixon (1913 -1994) astatine the archetypal televised statesmanlike statement connected Sept. 26, 1960. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)

Others besides compared Biden to Nixon aft the 81-year-old president appeared tired and sometimes unfocused portion sparring with his rival connected screen.

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Former Trump 2020 run adjutant Tim Murtaugh wrote connected X, "It’s funny. They accidental that radical who listened to Kennedy and Nixon statement connected the vigor thought Nixon won due to the fact that helium spoke good and made bully arguments. But radical who watched connected TV thought Kennedy won due to the fact that helium looked better."

"Biden mislaid some groups tonight," helium added.