{"id":2422,"date":"2016-03-20T23:13:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fixthedebates.org\/?page_id=2422"},"modified":"2016-09-13T08:53:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:53:42","slug":"commission-presidential-debates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/fixthedebates.org\/commission-presidential-debates\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">About the Commission on Presidential Debates<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is a\u00a0collaborative\u00a0effort by the Republican and Democratic parties to control the presidential debate process and stifle awareness of third party and independent candidates and viewpoints.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">But don&#8217;t take our word for it. Judge for yourself&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wiki-embed  wiki-embed-new-page  wiki-target-url-not-set' rel='https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates'><div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux\" style=\"display:none\">Bi-partisan U.S. presidential debate organizing group formed in 1987<\/div>\n<p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n<\/p>\n<style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1218072481\">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data div{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}<\/style><table class=\"infobox vcard\"><caption class=\"infobox-title fn org\">Commission on Presidential&nbsp;Debates<\/caption><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"infobox-image logo\"><span class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Frameless\"><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg\" class=\"mw-file-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg\/220px-Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"111\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg\/330px-Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg\/440px-Commission_on_Presidential_Debates_logo.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"192\" data-file-height=\"97\"><\/a><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\">Predecessor<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Women_Voters\" title=\"League of Women Voters\">League of Women Voters<\/a> (sponsor)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\">Formation<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data note\">1987<span class=\"noprint\">; 37&nbsp;years ago<\/span><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;(<span class=\"bday dtstart published updated\">1987<\/span>)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\">Type<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">Non-profit, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/501(c)#501(c)_(3)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"501(c)\">501(c)(3)<\/a> corporation<sup id=\"cite_ref-CPD_Overview_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-CPD_Overview-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\">Purpose<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\">Organization of the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election_debates\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"United States presidential election debates\">United States presidential and vice-presidential election debates<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\"><div style=\"display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;\"><span class=\"nowrap\">Co-Chairs<\/span><\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><style data-mw-deduplicate=\"TemplateStyles:r1126788409\">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}<\/style><div class=\"plainlist\"><ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Fahrenkopf\" title=\"Frank Fahrenkopf\">Frank Fahrenkopf<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-CPDleadership_2-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-CPDleadership-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/li><li>Dorothy S. Ridings<\/li><li>Kenneth Wollack<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\"><div style=\"display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;\">Executive Director<\/div><\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janet_H._Brown\" title=\"Janet H. Brown\">Janet H. Brown<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"infobox-label\" style=\"padding-right:0.6em;\">Website<\/th><td class=\"infobox-data\"><span class=\"url\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.debates.org\/\">www<wbr>.debates<wbr>.org<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"mw-valign-text-top noprint\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Frameless\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q2986784#P856\" title=\"Edit this at Wikidata\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Edit this at Wikidata\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/8a\/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg\/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/8a\/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg\/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/8\/8a\/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg\/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"20\" data-file-height=\"20\"><\/a><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<p>The <b>Commission on Presidential Debates<\/b> (<b>CPD<\/b>) is a <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nonprofit\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Nonprofit\">nonprofit<\/a> <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corporation\" title=\"Corporation\">corporation<\/a> established in 1987 under the joint sponsorship of the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_(United_States)\" title=\"Democratic Party (United States)\">Democratic<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_(United_States)\" title=\"Republican Party (United States)\">Republican<\/a> political parties in the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" title=\"United States\">United States<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-CPD_Overview_1-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-CPD_Overview-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT-1987-02-19_3-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-NYT-1987-02-19-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> The CPD sponsors and produces debates for U.S. presidential and vice-presidential candidates and undertakes research and educational activities relating to the debates. It has run all of the presidential debates held since 1988. The commission's debates are sponsored by private contributions from foundations and corporations<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\">[4]<\/a><\/sup> as well as fees from hosting institutions.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-5\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>The commission's exclusion of <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Third_party_(United_States)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Third party (United States)\">third-party<\/a> candidates from the debates has been the subject of controversy and legal challenges.\n<\/p>\n<meta property=\"mw:PageProp\/toc\">\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"History\">History<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Debates_before_the_CPD\">Debates before the CPD<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The first televised <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_presidential_election_debates\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"United States presidential election debates\">presidential debates<\/a> were held between <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Nixon\" title=\"Richard Nixon\">Richard Nixon<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_F._Kennedy\" title=\"John F. Kennedy\">John F. Kennedy<\/a> during the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1960_United_States_presidential_election\" title=\"1960 United States presidential election\">1960 campaign<\/a>. No general election debates were held in 1964, and Richard Nixon refused to participate in any debate in 1968 and 1972. Beginning with the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_United_States_presidential_election\" title=\"1976 United States presidential election\">1976 election<\/a>, the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Women_Voters\" title=\"League of Women Voters\">League of Women Voters<\/a> sponsored the televised <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerald_Ford\" title=\"Gerald Ford\">Gerald Ford<\/a>&ndash;<a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Carter\" title=\"Jimmy Carter\">Jimmy Carter<\/a> debates, followed by the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_B._Anderson\" title=\"John B. Anderson\">John B. Anderson<\/a>&ndash;<a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ronald_Reagan\" title=\"Ronald Reagan\">Ronald Reagan<\/a> and Reagan&ndash;Carter debates for the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980_United_States_presidential_election\" title=\"1980 United States presidential election\">1980 election<\/a>, and Reagan and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Mondale\" title=\"Walter Mondale\">Walter Mondale<\/a> in 1984.\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Formation\">Formation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>After studying the election process in 1985, the bipartisan National Commission on Elections recommended \"[t]urning over the sponsorship of presidential debates to the two major parties\".<sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT-1987-02-19_3-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-NYT-1987-02-19-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> The CPD was established in 1987 by the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican Parties to \"take control of the presidential debates\".<sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT-1987-02-19_3-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-NYT-1987-02-19-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> The commission was staffed by members from the two parties and chaired by the heads of the Democratic and Republican parties, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_G._Kirk\" title=\"Paul G. Kirk\">Paul G. Kirk<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Fahrenkopf\" title=\"Frank Fahrenkopf\">Frank Fahrenkopf<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT-1987-02-19_3-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-NYT-1987-02-19-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup> At a 1987 press conference announcing the commission's creation, Fahrenkopf said that the commission was not likely to include third-party candidates in debates, and Kirk said he personally believed they should be excluded from the debates.<sup id=\"cite_ref-NYT-1987-02-19_3-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-NYT-1987-02-19-3\">[3]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>In 1988, the League of Women Voters withdrew its sponsorship of the presidential debates after the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_H._W._Bush\" title=\"George H. W. Bush\">George H. W. Bush<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Dukakis\" title=\"Michael Dukakis\">Michael Dukakis<\/a> campaigns secretly agreed to a \"memorandum of understanding\" that would decide which candidates could participate in the debates, which individuals would be panelists (and therefore able to ask questions), and the height of the lecterns. The league rejected the demands and released a statement saying that it was withdrawing support for the debates because \"the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter.\"<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-6\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>The CPD has sponsored the debates in every presidential election since 1988.\n<\/p><p><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington_University_in_St._Louis\" title=\"Washington University in St. Louis\">Washington University in St. Louis<\/a> has been selected by the commission to host more presidential and vice-presidential debates than any institution in history.<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-7\">[7]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>In January 2022 the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee\" title=\"Republican National Committee\">Republican National Committee<\/a> warned the CPD that it planned to amend the Rules of the Republican Party to prohibit Republican presidential nominees from attending CPD-sponsored debates.<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-8\">[8]<\/a><\/sup> The amendment was unanimously passed on April 14.<sup id=\"cite_ref-9\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-9\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Leadership\">Leadership<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The commission is headed by <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frank_Fahrenkopf\" title=\"Frank Fahrenkopf\">Frank Fahrenkopf<\/a>, a former <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Committee\" title=\"Republican National Committee\">Republican National Committee<\/a> chairman, Dorothy S. Ridings, the president and chief executive officer of the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Council_on_Foundations\" title=\"Council on Foundations\">Council on Foundations<\/a>, and Kenneth Wollack, former president of the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Democratic_Institute\" title=\"National Democratic Institute\">National Democratic Institute<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-CPDleadership_2-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-CPDleadership-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup> As of 2020, the <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Board_of_directors\" title=\"Board of directors\">board of directors<\/a> consisted of <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Danforth\" title=\"John Danforth\">John C. Danforth<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Gibson\" title=\"Charles Gibson\">Charles Gibson<\/a>, John Griffen, Yvonne Hao, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Harman\" title=\"Jane Harman\">Jane Harman<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antonia_Hernandez\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Antonia Hernandez\">Antonia Hernandez<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_I._Jenkins\" title=\"John I. Jenkins\">Reverend John I. Jenkins<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Newton_N._Minow\" title=\"Newton N. Minow\">Newton N. Minow<\/a>, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Parsons_(businessman)\" title=\"Richard Parsons (businessman)\">Richard D. Parsons<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olympia_Snowe\" title=\"Olympia Snowe\">Olympia Snowe<\/a>. <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Janet_H._Brown\" title=\"Janet H. Brown\">Janet H. Brown<\/a> is the current <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Executive_director\" title=\"Executive director\">executive director<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-CPDleadership_2-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-CPDleadership-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Criticism\">Criticism<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"mw-default-size\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG\" class=\"mw-file-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5c\/DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG\/220px-DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"149\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5c\/DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG\/330px-DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG 1.5x, \/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/5c\/DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG\/440px-DebateCommissionProtest_2000.JPG 2x\" data-file-width=\"757\" data-file-height=\"511\"><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christopher_Hitchens\" title=\"Christopher Hitchens\">Christopher Hitchens<\/a> speaking at a September 2000 third-party protest at the commission's headquarters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2000, the CPD established a rule that candidates must garner at least 15% support across five national polls to be included in the national debates.<sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup> This rule has been controversial<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup> as it has effectively excluded <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States\" title=\"List of political parties in the United States\">U.S. parties<\/a> other than the two major parties. While this occurred before the rule was established, in 1992, third-party candidate Ross Perot and his running mate, James Stockdale, achieved high enough support in the polls to participate in the debates against the Clinton-Gore and Bush-Quayle tickets. No third party has participated in the debates since 1992. Perot won 19% of the vote in the election.\n<\/p><p>On October 8, 2004, two presidential candidates, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Libertarian_Party\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"United States Libertarian Party\">Libertarian<\/a> candidate <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Badnarik\" title=\"Michael Badnarik\">Michael Badnarik<\/a> and <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Green_Party_(United_States)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Green Party (United States)\">Green Party<\/a> candidate <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Cobb_(activist)\" title=\"David Cobb (activist)\">David Cobb<\/a>, were arrested while protesting against CPD for excluding third-party candidates from the nationally televised debates in <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Louis,_Missouri\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"St. Louis, Missouri\">St. Louis, Missouri<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-BBC-2004-10-13_13-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-BBC-2004-10-13-13\">[13]<\/a><\/sup> On October 16, 2012, <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Green_Party_(United_States)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Green Party (United States)\">Green Party<\/a> presidential nominee <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jill_Stein\" title=\"Jill Stein\">Jill Stein<\/a> and vice-presidential nominee <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheri_Honkala\" title=\"Cheri Honkala\">Cheri Honkala<\/a> were arrested for disorderly conduct while trying to take part in the second presidential debate at <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hofstra_University\" title=\"Hofstra University\">Hofstra University<\/a> in Hempstead, New York.<sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-14\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-15\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-15\">[15]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-16\">[16]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>The <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2020 United States presidential debates\">2020 United States presidential debates<\/a> were controversial and received complaints from both Republicans and Democrats. Democrats criticized the commission following the first debate, feeling they were too lenient on President <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Trump\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> and felt not enough was done to prevent interruptions from the candidate by moderator <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Wallace\" title=\"Chris Wallace\">Chris Wallace<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Merica_17-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Merica-17\">[17]<\/a><\/sup> Conversely, Republicans criticized the commission's choice of <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Scully\" title=\"Steve Scully\">Steve Scully<\/a> to moderate the second debate, after he accidentally leaked exchange between himself and former <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_House_Communications_Director\" title=\"White House Communications Director\">White House Communications Director<\/a> <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_Scaramucci\" title=\"Anthony Scaramucci\">Anthony Scaramucci<\/a>, asking him how he should respond to criticism issued by the president. Scully claimed his <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twitter\" title=\"Twitter\">Twitter<\/a> account, which the exchange was leaked onto, was hacked, but he later admitted to lying about this.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Izadi_18-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Izadi-18\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Henderson_19-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Henderson-19\">[19]<\/a><\/sup> In response to complaints concerning interruptions, President Trump and former Vice President <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Biden\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> had their microphones muted after each would deliver their responses for the third debate,<sup id=\"cite_ref-Merica_17-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Merica-17\">[17]<\/a><\/sup> and the second debate that was to be hosted by Scully was cancelled for unrelated reasons, though Scully was suspended by <a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/C-SPAN\" title=\"C-SPAN\">C-SPAN<\/a> for having lied about his dialogue with Scaramucci.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Izadi_18-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Izadi-18\">[18]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-Henderson_19-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-Henderson-19\">[19]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-20\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-20\">[20]<\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p><p>Multiple lawsuits have been filed by third-party candidates challenging the CPD's policy of requiring a candidate to have 15% support in national polls to be included in presidential debates. 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presidential debates\">United States presidential debates<\/a><\/div><\/th><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%\">General election debates<\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1960_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1960 United States presidential debates\">1960<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1976_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1976 United States presidential debates\">1976<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1980_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1980 United States presidential debates\">1980<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1984 United States presidential debates\">1984<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1988_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1988 United States presidential debates\">1988<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1992_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1992 United States presidential debates\">1992<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1996_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"1996 United States presidential debates\">1996<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2000_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2000 United States presidential debates\">2000<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2004_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2004 United States presidential debates\">2004<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2008 United States presidential debates\">2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2012 United States presidential debates\">2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2016 United States presidential debates\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2020 United States presidential debates\">2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_United_States_presidential_debates\" title=\"2024 United States presidential debates\">2024<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%\">Primary election debates<\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_Party_presidential_debates\" title=\"Republican Party presidential debates\">Republican<\/a>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2008_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums\" title=\"2008 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\">2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums\" title=\"2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\">2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums\" title=\"2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\">2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_debates\" title=\"2020 Republican Party presidential debates\">2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums\" title=\"2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums\">2024<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Democratic_Party_presidential_debates\" title=\"Democratic Party presidential debates\">Democratic<\/a>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2004_Democratic_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums\" title=\"2004 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debates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science_Debate_2008\" title=\"Science Debate 2008\">Science Debate 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Visible_Vote_%2708:_A_Presidential_Forum\" title=\"Visible Vote '08: A Presidential Forum\">Visible Vote '08: A Presidential Forum<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li>2012\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rumble_in_the_Air-Conditioned_Auditorium\" title=\"The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium\">The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%\">Organizations<\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Citizens%27_Debate_Commission\" title=\"Citizens' Debate Commission\">Citizens' Debate Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"mw-selflink selflink\">Commission on Presidential Debates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_%26_Equal_Elections_Foundation\" title=\"Free &amp; Equal Elections Foundation\">Free &amp; Equal Elections Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/League_of_Women_Voters\" title=\"League of Women Voters\">League of Women Voters<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%\">Phrases<\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li>\"<a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/There_you_go_again\" title=\"There you go again\">There you go again<\/a>\"<\/li>\n<li>\"<a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Where%27s_the_beef%3F\" title=\"Where's the beef?\">Where's the beef?<\/a>\"<\/li>\n<li>\"<a href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Senator,_you%27re_no_Jack_Kennedy\" title=\"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy\">Senator, you're no 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