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Independent Robert F. Kennedy can qualify for the June presidential debate if he meets certain requirements that former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden will easily satisfy.
To qualify for the June 27 CNN debate, candidates must meet multiple requirements. For starters, they must “appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold,” the network While Trump and Biden will easily meet this requirement as the presumptive nominees of the two major parties, the Kennedy campaign is still working to gain ballot access in all 50 states.Second, the candidates must earn at least 15 percent in four national polls recognized by CNN. The respondents in these polls must be likely voters or registered voters.
Other third-party candidates, like the Green Party’s Jill Stein and independent Cornel West, are eligible to qualify, too, though Kennedy is the only one with a realistic chance. In the RealClearPolling average as of Thursday, Trumpat 41.5 percent, Biden followed at 38.8 percent, and Kennedy garnered 10.8 percent. West and Stein averaged around two percent.
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