Race for the White House Episode Rating Graph

Mar 2016 - Mar 2020

6.6

Race for the White House Episode Rating Graph poster

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.

Best Episodes of Race for the White House

Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
S2 Ep6
9.0
22nd Mar 2020
Republican 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.
LBJ v. Goldwater
S2 Ep3
8.5
1st Mar 2020
The 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.

Worst Episodes of Race for the White House

Obama v. McCain
S2 Ep1
6.8
16th Feb 2020
The 2008 race sees freshman Senator Barack Obama go up against “maverick” Republican Senator John McCain.
Carter vs. Ford
S2 Ep5
7.3
15th Mar 2020
The 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.

Race for the White House Episode Guide

John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon
S1 Ep1
7.6
6th Mar 2016
John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon have the first televised presidential debate; one where presentation made as much of an impact as message, and may have cost Nixon the election.
Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas
S1 Ep2
7.7
13th Mar 2016
Lincoln's oratory and underhanded tactics gave him the chance to beat Stephen Douglas, one of the most formidable politicians of his generation.