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According to the link below, the current threshold for a Presidential candidate to participate in a Presidential debate is 15%. This obviously locks out third-party candidates such as Libertarians, Greens, popular independents, and others. (Which the cynical me says this is done purposely to discourage any uppity third-party movement, but I digress.)
Anyway, if you were the "Debate Czar", and it was wholly up to you, where would you put the threshold?
Anyway, if you were the "Debate Czar", and it was wholly up to you, where would you put the threshold?
CPD: The Commission on Presidential Debates: An Overview
Why did CPD Select 15 Percent as the Polling Threshold for Inclusion in the Debates? The CPD first adopted the 15 percent level of support criterion in 2000.