2004 Presidential Debates Schedule

All debates will start at 9:00 PM ET
All debates that take place will air live on the C-SPAN networks. Coverage of the debates will also be provided by members of the White House pool who drew lots to determine the following assignments:

First Presidential debate: Fox
Vice Presidential debate: ABC
Second Presidential debate: NBC

Pool coverage for the third Presidential debate has not yet been determined.

Thursday, 30 Sep
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Tuesday, 05 Oct
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Friday, 08 Oct
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Wednesday, 13 Oct
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Moderators

* Each debate will have a different single moderator to be selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates.

* The moderator’s job in the first and third presidential debates and the vice presidential debate will be to introduce and change topics, to ensure that the participants have equal time, and to encourage some direct exchange among the candidates. The moderators will select all topics and questions.

* In the town meeting debate, the town meeting participants will pose their questions to the candidates. The town meeting participants will review their questions with the moderator before the debate for the sole purpose of avoiding duplicate questions.

* The moderators will have discretion to ask follow-up questions in all debates.