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Wilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago

RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates

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RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates

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Wilshire@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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The independent candidate currently does not meet the qualifying threshold for the first presidential debate Biden and Trump agreed to participate in.
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    He’s polling at 10% nationally. He should be included.

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      The rules say it has to be 15%.

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        That’s way too high a requirement. I don’t like this guy but it’s essential we start getting more than two options each election

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            Those are never taken seriously because they’re never in the debate, which for most of my life where people actually made their decision on who to vote for.

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                Didn’t use to be the case. Everyone use to say they would make up their minds after watching the debate.

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        It’s an arbitrary percentage they came up with in 2000. It should be lower, and it’s not like they stick closely to their own made up rules.

        Lowering the percentage would be another step toward breaking this ridiculous 2 party system.

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            Hard disagree. He has the possibility to siphon off enough trump voters to maybe give Biden a way to win. We also didn’t have two 80 year olds on stage back then. The people deserve debate edit: this even if all we are allowed to add is someone with a starved-dead worm in their brain.

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                There is no way he’s pulling anyone away from Biden lol Especially at this point considering Biden’s stance on Israel. AND yes, the society should see what state the “democracy” is in, it’s the only way for people to maybe get the hint that the current system is broken and needs to be fixed.
                Edit: if debates don’t have effect on outcomes, why would it even matter then? lol

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                    That’s from December of last year lol AND are we all accepting poll from Monmouth university as facts? lol

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        I don’t think there’s rules this year. The Commission on Presidential Debates isn’t organizing these debates.

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        And if were polling at 20 they would change the requirement to 21

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