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• 1984 First Presidential Debate: October 7 DNC: July 16
• 1988 First Presidential Debate: September 25 DNC: July 18
• 1992 First Presidential Debate: October 11 DNC: July 13
• 1996 First Presidential Debate: October 6 DNC: August 26
• 2000 First Presidential Debate: October 3 DNC: August 14
• 2004 First Presidential Debate: September 30 DNC: July 26
• 2008 First Presidential Debate: September 26 DNC: August 25
• 2012 First Presidential Debate: October 3 DNC: September 4
• 2016 First Presidential Debate: September 26 DNC: July 25
• 2020 First Presidential Debate: September 29 DNC: August 17
• 2024 First Presidential Debate: June 27 (3 months earlier than normal) DNC: August 19

This first presidential debate is being held ~3 months earlier than any time in the past 40 years, and the only time it came before the DNC. (I didn’t check the RNC but I suspect the same outcome there as well)

EDIT: oof that’s hard to read, wish pleromo supported markdown tables