--- title: Vice Presidential Debate: How to Watch Online description: Tim Kaine and Mike Pence will debate on Tuesday for the first, and only, time this election. canonical: https://time.com/4516947/vice-presidential-debate-watch-online/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-04T10:00:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:32.548Z article:section: Politics og:title: How to Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Online og:description: It will be available on the internet. og:url: https://time.com/4516947/vice-presidential-debate-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2d81bc6da5b061b/6988a882cd1bba6063702914/tim-kaine-mike-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Senator Tim Kaine Attends Event in Bethlehem - Pennsylvania og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How to Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Online twitter:description: It will be available on the internet. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2d81bc6da5b061b/6988a882cd1bba6063702914/tim-kaine-mike-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How to Watch Tonight's Vice Presidential Debate Online > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=49907d92-e8e6-4648-bca9-e37bc26ae22a&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 4, 2016 10:00 AM UTC  From left: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine speaks at Hanover Township Community Center in Bethlehem, Pa., on Aug. 31, 2016; the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, speaks at a campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Sept. 30, 2016 From left: Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine speaks at Hanover Township Community Center in Bethlehem, Pa., on Aug. 31, 2016; the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, speaks at a campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Ind., on Sept. 30, 2016 Dennis Van Tine—Sipa USA; Darron Cummings—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 4, 2016 10:00 AM UTC The 2016 [vice presidential candidates](http://time.com/money/4517175/how-to-watch-vice-presidential-debate/) will debate Tuesday in their only head-to-head matchup of this election, which will be streamed all over the internet. In a follow up to [last week’s presidential debate](http://time.com/4511049/presidential-debate-donald-trump-rally/), Democrat [Tim Kaine](http://time.com/4468126/tim-kaine-stephen-colbert-late-show-stepdad/) will face off against Republican [Mike Pence](http://time.com/4486399/mike-pence-tax-returns/) at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. That debate was the most-watched debate off all time, drawing [84 million viewers](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2016/first-presidential-debate-of-2016-draws-84-million-viewers.html), according to Nielsen. While Tuesday’s debate most likely won’t top that, it will be broadcast on all major television networks, as well as streamed online for free. Those without a cable subscription or antenna can stream the debate [using YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVXqNcW%5F-HA), where many news organizations are broadcasting online from, [directly on Twitter](http://debate.twitter.com) and from the website of most cable news outlets. Elaine Quijano of CBS News will moderate the debate, which will be divided into nine segments that will run about 10 minutes each and focus on a single topic. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4516947/vice-presidential-debate-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4516947/vice-presidential-debate-watch-online/"},"headline":"How to Watch Tonight's Vice Presidential Debate Online","datePublished":"2016-10-04T10:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:32.548Z","description":"The debate will be available all over the internet","url":"https://time.com/4516947/vice-presidential-debate-watch-online/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election","Mike Pence","Tim Kaine"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2d81bc6da5b061b/6988a882cd1bba6063702914/tim-kaine-mike-pence.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/bltf2d81bc6da5b061b/6988a882cd1bba6063702914/tim-kaine-mike-pence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Senator Tim Kaine Attends Event in Bethlehem - Pennsylvania","caption":"Senator Tim Kaine Attends Event in Bethlehem - Pennsylvania","creditText":"Dennis Van Tine—Sipa USA; Darron Cummings—AP","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/4516947/vice-presidential-debate-watch-online/","name":"How to Watch Tonight's Vice Presidential Debate Online"}}]}] ```