Quote:robkelk wrote:That's not a law or anything, it's just what the people running the debates came up with as an excuse for why only Clinton and Trump were allowed in. If Johnson and Stein suddenly started polling 16% each, they just change it to 20%. The only way for anyone else to get in is if one of the officially approved candidates lets them in. I'm only aware of that happening once, when Jesse Ventura was allowed to participate in the Minnesota governor debates when one of the ruling party candidates (I think it was the Democrat) was stupid and overconfident enough to invite him in. That unsurprisingly resulted in Ventura winning the election.
I understand it takes a minimum 15% response to the opinion-poll question "who do you plan to vote for?" in order to be invited to take part in a Presidential debate.
Which do people expect to see in the next debate: Gary Johnson (of the Libertarian Party), Jill Stein (of the Green Party), or both?
I doubt Clinton is stupid enough to make the same mistake, and while Trump might well be unaware of why it would be bad for him, he's also far to narcissistic to let anyone else on the stage if he can help it.