Memorable presidential and vice presidential debate moments

During a 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, Nixon appeared shifty and was excessively sweating while JFK remained calm. Whether Nixon lost the election to JFK due to his body language is still probed today.

In 1984, during a debate Ronald Reagan said, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience," of former VP to Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale. Reagan’s blunt remark earned him cheer and laughter from both the crowd and Mondale.

During a debate in 1992, when asked a question by an audience member, Bush Sr. checked his watch before answering and seemed to stumble through a response.

In 2012 during a debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the latter made a claim that the U.S. Navy was the smallest it had been since 1917.

Obama quipped at his opponent "You mentioned the Navy, for example, and that we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well, Governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military's changed."