How Third Parties Are Kept Out Of Presidential Debates
By Pete Tucker, Huffington Post
(August 2, 2016 11:13 a.m.) — This is the second in a four-part series on the televised presidential debates.
When Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off next month for their first debate, it’s unlikely a third candidate will join them. That’s by design, not because voters don’t want another option; nearly half say they’re open to voting for a third party.
This comes as the Democratic and Republican parties are experiencing a historic lack of support and have chosen, in Trump and Clinton, the most disliked major party presidential nominees in modern times.
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4 Part Series:
Part 1: How Presidential Debates Became ‘a Fraud on the American Voter’ By Pete Tucker, TheFightBack.org