Everything Is Riding on the Sept. 10 Debate: Why Trump Needs to Win

To date, there have been 35 televised debates between major party presidential nominees in the United States. Number 36 could be the most important in American history.

Yes, the very first debate was key in shaping voters’ opinions of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, so much so that it’s credited with propelling JFK to victory.

Yes, then-President Gerald Ford was closing on Jimmy Carter before the second debate and likely had his momentum stalled by a gaffe in which he claimed that “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, and there never will be under a Ford administration.”

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.

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C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he's written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).

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Morristown, New Jersey

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Catholic University of America

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American Politics, World Politics, Culture

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