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| − | The second presidential debate for the 2016 election will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California. This debate is hosted by [[liberal]] CNN and the [[conservative]] Salem Radio. | + | The second presidential debate for the 2016 election will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California. This debate is hosted by [[liberal]] CNN and the [[conservative]] Salem Radio. Eleven candidates will be in this debate, including [[Carly Fiorina]], while a separate debate among a handful of candidates will be aired earlier. |
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| + | The second debate is expected to more contentious, particularly in criticisms by numerous candidates of [[Donald Trump]]. "I’ll be attacked. I guess I’m going into a lion’s den," Trump said about this upcoming debate.<ref>http://www.voanews.com/content/trump-braces-for-attacks-in-second-republican-debate/2963474.html</ref> | ||
The first presidential debate for the 2016 election cycle broke ratings records with an audience of 24 million viewers, making it the highest-rated primary debate in history.<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/07/media/gop-debate-fox-news-ratings/</ref> Held on Thursday, August 6th, the debate was conducted by [[Fox News Channel]] for the top ten in the polling among [[Republican]] candidates. The debate transcript is available online.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-of-the-2015-gop-debate-9-pm/</ref> | The first presidential debate for the 2016 election cycle broke ratings records with an audience of 24 million viewers, making it the highest-rated primary debate in history.<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/07/media/gop-debate-fox-news-ratings/</ref> Held on Thursday, August 6th, the debate was conducted by [[Fox News Channel]] for the top ten in the polling among [[Republican]] candidates. The debate transcript is available online.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-of-the-2015-gop-debate-9-pm/</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:18, September 15, 2015
See winners and losers in the first debate at Talk:2016 presidential debates.
See also 2016 presidential election.
The second presidential debate for the 2016 election will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California. This debate is hosted by liberal CNN and the conservative Salem Radio. Eleven candidates will be in this debate, including Carly Fiorina, while a separate debate among a handful of candidates will be aired earlier.
The second debate is expected to more contentious, particularly in criticisms by numerous candidates of Donald Trump. "I’ll be attacked. I guess I’m going into a lion’s den," Trump said about this upcoming debate.[1]
The first presidential debate for the 2016 election cycle broke ratings records with an audience of 24 million viewers, making it the highest-rated primary debate in history.[2] Held on Thursday, August 6th, the debate was conducted by Fox News Channel for the top ten in the polling among Republican candidates. The debate transcript is available online.[3]
Roster based on polling
The final roster of the top ten debaters, chosen on August 4th, was the same as polling indicated on August 2nd based on an average of the last five major national polls. The polls used by the Fox News Channel were Bloomberg, CBS News, Fox News, Monmouth University and Quinnipiac University.
These top ten candidates are the following, with the following average poll numbers as reported by NBC and WSJ (not Fox):[4]
- Trump - 19.8 %
- Walker - 13.2 %
- Bush - 13 %
- Paul - 6.4 %
- Carson - 6.4 %
- Rubio - 6.2 %
- Huckabee - 5.8 %
- Cruz - 5.8 %
- Christie - 3.2 %
- Kasich - 3.2 %
Based on polling the second tier of candidates -- who would be excluded from the prime-time debate, but allowed to participate in an earlier debate at 5pm ET -- are:
- Perry - 2.6 %
- Santorum - 1.4 %
- Jindal - 1.4 %
- Fiorina - 0.6 %
- Pataki - 0.6 %
- Graham- 0.4 %
- Gilmore - 0 %
Schedule for GOP
- Aug. 6, 2015 in Cleveland, hosted by Fox News. This debate broke the record as the most-watched cable show of all time: 24 million viewers.
- Sept. 16, 2015, at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, California, hosted by Salem Radio and CNN. The threshold for participation is at least 1% in the polls, and sixteen of the 17 Republican candidates (all except Gov. Jim Gilmore) have been invited. Several of the lower-polling candidates will be separated into the lower tier for a separate debate.
- Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colorado, hosted by CNBC
- November 2015, in Wisconsin, hosted by the Wall Street Journal and Fox Business
- Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by Salem Radio and CNN again
- January 2016, in Iowa, hosted by the Fox News Channel
- Feb. 6, 2016, in Manchester, New Hampshire, hosted by ABC News and the IJReview
- Feb. 13, 2016, in South Carolina, hosted by CBS News
- Feb. 26, 2016, in Houston, Texas, hosted by NBC, the National Review, and Telemundo
- March 10, 2016, in Florida, hosted by CNN and Salem Radio again
Additional possibilities are another debate hosted by the Fox News Channel, and a debate hosted by conservative media.
Dems
The Democrats will not have any debates before Oct. 13, 2015, in Nevada, to be hosted by CNN, and plan a total of only 6 debates.
References
- ↑ http://www.voanews.com/content/trump-braces-for-attacks-in-second-republican-debate/2963474.html
- ↑ http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/07/media/gop-debate-fox-news-ratings/
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-of-the-2015-gop-debate-9-pm/
- ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/trump-surges-new-nbc-news-wsj-poll-n402036