CNBC Debate Criteria - Rand Makes it

[farrar]

You can see the debate criteria from here:
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/30/cnbc-republican-debate-criteria.html

You can see the polls out today here:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ep..._republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html

If you average all the polls for rand and lump them together, Rand is at 3.125%.
If you average the pollsters, and then average those, Rand is at 3.1%.

Unless a ton of polls come out tomorrow at 1 or 2% Rand is guaranteed a spot in the debate.

 

[CPUd]

Should only be 1 more before tomorrow's cutoff.

 

[limequat]

In for the current standings. I would really like it if Rand wasn't at the far end of the podium.

 

[farrar]

is ABC releasing a poll tomorrow?

 

[CPUd]

For some reason, pollsters embargo certain results until after 6PM. I'm guessing they release pieces at a time to cover multiple news cycles. ABC/Washington Post has Dem results out, so the Republican results they will probably release today or in the morning.

 

[RabbitMan]

Wait, so if Rand polls 2% in the next poll he is out?

 

[CPUd]

He could poll 0 in 1 poll and still be in. They say the criteria is 3% avg. after rounding, so he could avg. 2.5%, which would round to 3%.

 

[Feelgood]

Downside, Fiorina, Cruz, Rubio still sliding right in there.

 

[Ayn Freidman]

This is great news. I don't trust the mainstream media with their polling numbers as they always ignore certain candidates because they would be a danger to the establishment, which is exactly what they did with Ron and are doing with Rand. I'm pretty surprised that they didn't single him out by working together to make some phony poll average to get him out of the debate.