Difference between revisions of "2016 presidential debates"
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| − | The first presidential debate for the 2016 election cycle is on Thursday, August 6th. The [[Fox News Channel]] is managing and televising this debate at 9pm ET, and it has limited the prime-time segment to the candidates who rank in the top ten in the 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. These top-ten candidates are:<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/trump-surges-new-nbc-news-wsj-poll-n402036</ref> | + | The first presidential debate for the 2016 election cycle is on Thursday, August 6th. The [[Fox News Channel]] is managing and televising this debate at 9pm ET, and it has limited the prime-time segment to the candidates who rank in the top ten in the 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. |
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| + | These top-ten candidates are the following, with the following average poll numbers as reported by NBC and WSJ (not Fox):<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/trump-surges-new-nbc-news-wsj-poll-n402036</ref> | ||
*Trump - 19.8 % | *Trump - 19.8 % | ||
Revision as of 22:52, August 4, 2015
See also 2016 presidential election
The first presidential debate for the 2016 election cycle is on Thursday, August 6th. The Fox News Channel is managing and televising this debate at 9pm ET, and it has limited the prime-time segment to the candidates who rank in the top ten in the 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):[1]
- 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 %