ABC Feb 6 GOP Debate Criteria - UPDATE: Lineup announced

[Senator Cris]

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/27/media/abc-gop-debate-criteria/index.html

[Dorko Julio]

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Sounds good to me!

[The Other Castro]

That will probably give us:
Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, Bush, and Christie, with an outside chance for Carson.

[cinyc]

Polls recognized bt ABC News is pretty vague.  Theoretically, it gives ABC News the ability to exclude any poll it wants.  Has there been any further clarification of which polls they will accept?

[Cruzcrew]

Assuming Carsin drops out after Iowa, Rand actually has a chance again lol

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Assuming Carsin drinks out after Iowa, Rand actually has a chance again lol

Did this become a drinking contest?

[Likely Voter]

Carson may be in the top 3 in IA and even if in 4th I can see him sticking around until SC (assuming he still has the $). With ABC using such a large polling window, he could easily meet their criteria in the national poll average. 

Also, with such a strict criteria, now there will be little reason for Huck and Sanotrum to stick around after IA. But this top 6 thing is bad news for Fiorina and (probably) Paul, who likely want to hang around to see what happens in NH, however not appearing at the debate almost makes them look like they dropped out.     

[PaperKooper]

Cruz, Trump, and Rubio have punched their tickets to the debate. 

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

That will probably give us:
Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, Bush, and Christie, with an outside chance for Carson.

Why not give us one of those tables you always make out of those polls?

[The Other Castro]

That will probably give us:
Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, Bush, and Christie, with an outside chance for Carson.

Why not give us one of those tables you always make out of those polls?

It doesn't really seem necessary this time.

[Trapsy]

LOL on a Saturday.

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Do they only have a specific type of poll counted like FOX did, or do they count all? If they count all, here's what the averages look like, and who will be in as of today:

Name	National polls	NH Polls
Trump	37.58	31.95
Cruz	16.77	11.55
Rubio	10.31	11.35
Carson	8.462	3.25
Bush	5.538	8.8
Christie	3.077	7.6
Paul	2.769	3.6
Kasich	2.5	11.8
Fiorina	2.192	3.7
Santorum	0.577	0.3
Gilmore	0.115	0

Cruz (won IA)
Trump (second place in IA)
Rubio (third place in IA)
Carson (fourth place in national polls)
Bush (fifth place in national polls, fifth place in NH polls)
Christie (sixth place in national polls, sixth place in NH polls)
Kasich (second place in NH polls)

[IceSpear]

LOL at Carson wasting a spot still. Paul must be furious.

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LOL at Carson wasting a spot still. Paul must be furious.

Even worse, Paul would probably get in if they didn't include polls from the beginning of January.

[Joe Biden 2020]

LOL on a Saturday.

They don't really have much time.  They've got a week left, a Democratic Town Hall tomorrow night and there's a football game on this weekend.  They almost have no choice to do it on a Saturday even if it is Super Bowl eve.

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Do they only have a specific type of poll counted like FOX did, or do they count all? If they count all, here's what the averages look like, and who will be in as of today:

Name	National polls	NH Polls
Trump	37.58	31.95
Cruz	16.77	11.55
Rubio	10.31	11.35
Carson	8.462	3.25
Bush	5.538	8.8
Christie	3.077	7.6
Paul	2.769	3.6
Kasich	2.5	11.8
Fiorina	2.192	3.7
Santorum	0.577	0.3
Gilmore	0.115	0

Cruz (won IA)
Trump (second place in IA)
Rubio (third place in IA)
Carson (fourth place in national polls)
Bush (fifth place in national polls, fifth place in NH polls)
Christie (sixth place in national polls, sixth place in NH polls)
Kasich (second place in NH polls)

I'd assume they would place the podiums on stage based on NH polling? If so, it would look like this:

Carson Bush Cruz Trump Kasich Rubio Christie

If they base the stage order on national polling, this is the arrangement:

Kasich Bush Rubio Trump Cruz Carson Christie

[Why]

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Far too broad, top 3 in Iowa, New Hampshire polls or National polls would be enough. Just tell the rest to get lost, they are just getting in the way and achieving nothing.

[cinyc]

Again, the caveat of "polls recognized by ABC News" without further definition lets them fudge the polls the way they want them.  The criteria should be more defined than that.

[Why]

LOL at Carson wasting a spot still. Paul must be furious.

Even worse, Paul would probably get in if they didn't include polls from the beginning of January.

Paul and Carson are both just a waste of space, along with Bush and Christie. A bunch of deluded no hopers.

[Likely Voter]

I assume it means polls like their own, or live phone (landline and mobile).

[cinyc]

I assume it means polls like their own, or live phone (landline and mobile).

Or it could mean whatever type of polls we think necessary to get Rand Paul and/or Carly Fiorina in or out of the debate.  Nothing is stopping them from manipulating the polls to do that.

[Likely Voter]

Well Paul and Fiorina are out on average of all polls and live phone polls.   

[yankeesfan]

Cruz gets center podium because he won Iowa, right?

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Cruz gets center podium because he won Iowa, right?

I thought it was so the other candidates and the moderators (shouldn't they be right-wingerators, or conserverators or something?) wouldn't hit each other with crossfire.

[IceSpear]

Cruz gets center podium because he won Iowa, right?

I can't imagine Trump would be very happy about this.