Should the presidential debates include candidates with less than 15% of support in national polls?
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is a private non-profit firm which has sponsored and produced nationally televised Presidential debates since 1987. Currently, the CPD only invites candidates to debate if they have a 15% support level across five national polls.
@53GW99C3yrs3Y
All election funds should go into a shared public pool that each candidate receives an equal share of, in other words, political donations should go to the electoral process not individual candidates.
@593GH4S3yrs3Y
Polls are not realistic because I am like Many silent minority full blooded Americans that are waiting to cast my vote for the first time to make a bold change for the politically incorrect but right change
@579TG9Q3yrs3Y
The current system in the United States is an Oligarchy. Therefore the elite in this country have preselected the nominees for President. Once one has become President, the actual decision making he/she make will be filtered through others. Make no mistake about that. So at this point in time it is a mute question.
Sure, but I don't see what difference it makes. They won't win.
@52DG2QT3yrs3Y
it would force the front runners to actually debate rather then regurgitate buzzwords
@52DCTW63yrs3Y
Yes, because it helps bring issues to the table that big candidates would likely ignore or downplay.
@52DC8H93yrs3Y
Yes, political partisanship should be abolished
@52D8MYC3yrs3Y
Yes, we need to have mainstream access to every potential political candidate.
@52D8HNV3yrs3Y
Yes, it goes against the ideals of democracy to not allow people to join based on possibly biased poll's.
@52D7VW33yrs3Y
Yes, but our election process needs to move away from the first past the post system.
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