Race for the White House (2016)
From executive producers Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, CNN Original Series "Race for the White House" captures the drama of how a high-stakes presidential election can turn on a single issue and so much more.
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Episode 1 - Obama v. McCain
Release Date: 2020-02-16The 2008 race sees freshman Senator Barack Obama go up against “maverick” Republican Senator John McCain.
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Episode 2 - Reagan v. Carter
Release Date: 2020-02-23The 1980 race sees President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Reagan having to fight off fierce challenges from within, as both parties struggle to re-invent themselves and use the global media spotlight to their advantage.
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Episode 3 - LBJ v. Goldwater
Release Date: 2020-03-01The 1964 race was held in a country still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and pits incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson against conservative Republican Barry Goldwater.
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Episode 4 - Wilson vs Roosevelt vs Taft
Release Date: 2020-03-08The 1912 race is an election between four remarkable candidates - former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt, his anointed heir President William Howard Taft, scholarly and religious Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene Debs.
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Episode 5 - Carter vs. Ford
Release Date: 2020-03-15The presidential election of 1976 pits the political establishment, personified by Republican President Gerald Ford, against the untainted idealism of Democrat Jimmy Carter, the relatively unknown governor of Georgia.
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Episode 6 - Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
Release Date: 2020-03-22Republican General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson both were persuaded to run for the White House, but as the gloves come off this becomes a fierce battle for hearts and minds.