--- title: Here's the 4 Colleges Hosting 2016 Presidential Debates description: Presidential debate organizers have finalized the four schools where the 2016 debates will take place. canonical: https://time.com/4046890/2016-presidential-debates/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T19:50:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:28.654Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here's the 4 Colleges Hosting 2016 Presidential Debates og:description: Schools in Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and Virginia will host og:url: https://time.com/4046890/2016-presidential-debates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt406d08f9f521e7c5/69886510428a9e8b11ccf475/gettyimages-550448485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2048 og:image:height: 1152 og:image:alt: GettyImages-550448485 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the 4 Colleges Hosting 2016 Presidential Debates twitter:description: Schools in Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and Virginia will host twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt406d08f9f521e7c5/69886510428a9e8b11ccf475/gettyimages-550448485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the 4 Colleges Hosting 2016 Presidential Debates > Sponsored content. 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The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates will meet three times in the 2016 general election, announced the non-partisan [Commission on Presidential Debates](http://www.debates.org/) Wednesday. The vice presidential candidates will debate once. Here are the debate sites for the 2016 general election: * **First Presidential Debate:** Sept. 26 @ Wright State University in Dayton, OH. * **Second Presidential Debate:** Oct. 9 @ Washington University in St. Louis, MO. * **Third Presidential Debate:** Oct. 19 @ University of Nevada, Las Vegas * **Vice Presidential Debate:** Oct. 4 @ Longwood University in Farmville, VA. Washington University has already hosted hosted presidential debates in 1992, 2000 and 2004 as well as a 2008 vice presidential debate. The commission said that Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, will serve as the backup site, while Dominican University of California will helm the debates efforts to incorporate social media in the 2016 presidential debates. **Read next:** [How to Watch the Democratic Debate Online for Free](http://time.com/4069924/democratic-debate-watch-online-free-stream-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-cnn/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4046890/2016-presidential-debates/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4046890/2016-presidential-debates/"},"headline":"Here's the 4 Colleges Hosting 2016 Presidential Debates","datePublished":"2015-09-23T19:50:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:28.654Z","description":"Schools in Ohio, Nevada, Missouri and Virginia to host","url":"https://time.com/4046890/2016-presidential-debates/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt406d08f9f521e7c5/69886510428a9e8b11ccf475/gettyimages-550448485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt406d08f9f521e7c5/69886510428a9e8b11ccf475/gettyimages-550448485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GettyImages-550448485","caption":"Brookings Hall, one of the symbols of Washington University in St. Louis.","creditText":"Stephen Ehlers—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4046890/2016-presidential-debates/","name":"Here's the 4 Colleges Hosting 2016 Presidential Debates"}}]}] ```