In the United States, television influences presidential elections by presenting the candidate debates and campaigning ads to the public. Television has a negative impact on the political elections because it focuses on the images of the candidates and presents inaccurate and misleading information; this distracts the public from the political reasons a candidate should be president.
The images that television gives has a negative impact on the elections because it persuades people to vote for a candidate on looks rather than politics. In 1960, when Nixon and Kennedy took part in a debate broadcasted on TV, Kennedy had a “crisp” image and Nixon had a “fuzzed” image (Menand). Kennedy had the “better” image on TV and he won the debate, however,