Jimmy Carter, flanked by his wife Rosalynn Smith and his daughter Amy, and Walter Mondale raise their hands during a rally in 1976 in New York. CATHY WURZER: Now, 48 years ago this month, a different ...

NBC News looks back at some of the most memorable moments from past vice presidential debates. From the first debate in 1976 between Sen. Walter Mondale and Sen. Bob Dole to the most watched vice ...

The vice-presidential debate has been widely – and rightly – applauded. Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio behaved like two adults. Their generally polite and ...

Historically, they haven't really moved the polls. We've all been there: It's a hot summer day, and you roll up to your local ice-cream shop for two scoops of double fudge chocolate chip. But alas — ...

No vice presidential debate has ever determined the outcome of a presidential contest, but there have been several memorable moments. With the vice president just a heartbeat from the presidency, a ...

Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential debates. Claire Jerry, Political History Curator Republican presidential ...

Peggy Lampl, 78, a former executive director of the League of Women Voters whose appeal to the Federal Communications Commission in 1976 set the presidential debate format that exists today, died July ...