The 1984 presidential election cycle featured incumbent President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, and former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic nominee. The vice presidential debate consisted of Rep. Geraldine Ferraro of New York, a Democrat, and Vice President George Bush, a Republican.
The vice presidential debate was a 90-minute discussion, with questions in the first half of the debate focused on domestic policy, and questions in the second half focused on foreign policy. Moderated by Sander Vanocur of ABC, with questions posed by a panel of journalists, it took place on October 11,1984, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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