Polls announced that will be used to determine who attends fall debates.

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Monday August 15, 2016 · 12:07 PM PDT

2016/08/15 · 12:07

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced which five polls that they will use to determine which candidates will be invited to the Presidential debates. The CPD has told the debate sites to make plans to have a third podium on the debate stage. According to www.politico.com/… the polls used will be ABC-Washington Post, CBS-NYT, CNN-ORC, Fox, and NBC-WSJ. All of these firms are ranked highly by 538, with CNN-ORC, NBC-WSJ, and CBS-NYT being ranked A-, ABC-WaPo ranked A+, and Fox rounding off the average with a B.

Looking at the Politico article, obviously Hillary and Trump will be on stage, with Johnson at an average of 9.87%, and Stein at 4.67%. I think it is possible that we may see Johnson on stage, but not Jill Stein.

What does everyone think? Will Gary Johnson on stage be a disadvantage or advantage to either Hillary or Trump?

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196 votes Show Results

Will Gary Johnson appear on the debate stage? Will he benefit or hurt anyone?

196 votes Vote Now!

Will Gary Johnson appear on the debate stage? Will he benefit or hurt anyone?

Yes, Advantage for Hillary, Disadvantage for Trump

42 votes

Yes, Advantage for Trump, Disadvantage for Hillary

33 votes

Yes, will give an advantage to neither

10 votes

Yes, will give an advantage to both

2 votes

Yes, disadvantage to both

24 votes

68 votes

Pie

17 votes

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