Those who heard the debate on radio, all agreed that Nixon had won; some of those who saw the televised version, said that JFK had AND believed what the lefty MSM claimed.
I was it on T.V. and thought that Mr. Nixon had won the debate and even as a young teen, was NOT taken in by the MSM...which pushed VERY hard for JFK.
He was sweating and had a five o’clock shadow, didn’t compare favorably at all to Kennedy. Later, he wasn’t up against a pretty boy for one, and for another they’d figured out how to avoid some of the less flattering aspects of his appearance. I wasn’t on this earth yet at the time, but have seen old recordings.