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Given how unpopular these two graybeards are, the other 2024 variable is third parties. The commission’s polling threshold to participate in its debates next year is 15% in an average of national surveys to be determined later. Recent polls have Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at 18%. Would Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump agree to debate him? What if Joe Manchin joins a No Labels ticket and qualifies?
The unstable elements of 2024 pose a risk that the candidates might never meet on stage. But they also offer a chance to break the commission’s Beltway formula to try something new: How about a debate with no moderators, only a time clock until each contender’s microphone shuts off?
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Do you believe that 3rd party candidates deserve a platform in presidential debates, and why?
@9H5MSLY5mos5MO
yes, because they could have great ideas and opportunity but we will never know because there are no debates.
@9H5MVV65mos5MO
Yes i think 3rd party candidates deserve a stance so its just not republican and democrat.
@9H5MRW75mos5MO
Sure, but even if they were included, I don't think they could win in this upcoming election. We are too bogged down in the 2 party system
@6WP5FSYRepublican 5mos5MO
No.
The current system in the first past the post system causes a spoiler effect. Third party candidates should not be on the stage unless they meet the already existing requirements.
They will find a way to not include RFK Jr.- the system is to reliant on a binary system to prevent the unconscious base from having to do more than look for a letter. It is a no win situation for them to have the voters using critical thinking or understanding nuance
@FluentMoth5mos5MO
Kennedy is going to be standing on stage alone because Trump and Biden are too scared to show up.
@ReferendumHankRepublican5mos5MO
RFK is being jiggled in our faces as an alternative but in reality he is just a decoy.
@RabbitEmily5mos5MO
I think joe will not show up He is barely able to read the papers
@SomberGrassroots5mos5MO
D’s will have Newsome installed the wings long before Joe has to get lost on the debate stage.
@ISIDEWITH5mos5MO
Could the inclusion of 3rd party candidates in debates influence your voting decision, and in what way?
@9H5PHK25mos5MO
Yes because the two party system is a bad system and other voices should be heard.
@N0minati0nRavenLibertarian5mos5MO
“The Commission on Presidential Debates announced the schedule and prerequisites for the 2024 cycle Monday, with three presidential debates set for:
- Sept. 16, 2024, at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas
- Oct. 1, 2024, at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va.
- Oct. 9, 2024, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City
A single vice presidential debate is slated for Sept. 25, 2024, at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa.
To qualify for the debate stage, candidates for president and vice president must have achieved at least 15% in national polling.
With under 10 months to go until the first debate, environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is averaging 16.7% in the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate.”
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