RFK Jr. finds 2024 debate stage out of reach ahead of midnight qualifying deadline
By
Mabinty Quarshie
June 20, 2024 5:00 am
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is close to reaching the polling threshold for next week’s presidential debate, but the Thursday deadline to qualify, plus his difficulty gaining ballot access, virtually guarantees he will not make the stage.
With days until the June 27 debate, Kennedy has reached the 15% polling threshold in three of four qualifying national surveys, underscoring he could be a spoiler in a presidential rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
Yet Kennedy, an independent who draws support from voters in both parties, lacks a fourth survey as well as ballot access in enough states to reach 270 electoral votes, the magic number for winning the presidency.
Kennedy claims that CNN, which is hosting the debate in Atlanta, is treating him unfairly, but with hours left to meet the network’s rules, he is not expected to appear onstage with the two major party candidates for their first debate of the 2024 cycle.
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