Report: Seven Candidates Satisfy RNC’s Polling Requirements for First DebateNick Gilbertson 24 Jul 2023
Seven Republican presidential candidates have met the polling debate requirements for the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next month, according to CNN.
To participate in its first debate, the Republican National Committee (RNC) requires any candidate to poll at one percent or better in three national polls or one percent or better in a pair of early state polls recognized by the RNC and conducted after July 1.
Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy announced Saturday in a press release that he had easily surpassed the requirements with Friday’s Harvard/Harris poll, which shows him in third place with eight percent of support.
“The RNC’s debate stage criteria are stringent but fair,” Ramaswamy said in the release, adding:
I am a first-time candidate who started with very low name ID, no political donors, and no pre-existing fundraising lists. If an outsider can clear the bar, politically experienced candidates should be able to as well: if you can’t hit these metrics by late August, you have absolutely no chance of defeating Joe Biden in the general election.
While Ramaswamy is just two points behind Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in the Harvard poll, he has also polled at eight percent in third place in two Morning Consult surveys this month, in addition to scoring second place in a Kaplan Strategies survey last week.
Along with the 37-year-old entrepreneur, leading candidate former President Donald J. Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former Vice President Mike Pence, former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), and former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) have reached the threshold, CNN reported Monday.
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