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Of course, we find a 10% threshold to be just as arbitrary as a 15% threshold, but we still thank the Sioux City Journal for speaking out on behalf of more inclusive debates.<\/em><\/p>\n

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From the Journal editorial board<\/strong><\/p>\n

If any election for president needed more than two candidates on the stage for presidential and vice presidential debates, it’s this one.<\/p>\n

To this end, we hope to see Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson face off with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and Libertarian vice presidential nominee William Weld stand side by side with Tim Kaine and Mike Pence.<\/p>\n

The NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll released on Tuesday speaks, again, to widespread dissatisfaction with Clinton and Trump, the flawed Democratic and Republican nominees for president. Consider these poll numbers: 59 percent of respondents have an unfavorable view of Clinton and 64 percent have an unfavorable view of Trump. Only 11 percent view Clinton as honest and trustworthy and only 16 percent view Trump as honest and trustworthy.<\/p>\n

Presidential debates are scheduled for Sept. 26, Oct. 9 and Oct. 19; the vice presidential debate will be Oct. 4. On Monday, the Commission on Presidential Debates said the results of five national polls – ABC-Washington Post, CBS-New York Times, CNN-Opinion Research Corporation, Fox News and NBC-Wall Street Journal – will be averaged to determine who is invited to take part. Any candidate who receives 15 percent support makes the cut.<\/p>\n

“If a candidate is invited to the first presidential debate, that person’s vice presidential running mate will be invited to the vice presidential debate,” the commission said. “The criteria will be reapplied between the first and second presidential debates and the second and third presidential debates.”<\/p>\n

Our suggestion? Lower the threshhold to 10 percent, or simply double digits, to increase odds for the inclusion of at least a third voice – likely, Johnson and Weld – in these important debates. (If Green Party candidate Jill Stein reaches 10 percent support, she should be included, as well.)<\/p>\n

We aren’t endorsing the Libertarian Party ticket today, but we believe lukewarm enthusiasm among Americans about the two major party nominees combined with the rising poll numbers and strong resumes of Johnson and Weld – whose names may appear on the ballot in all 50 states – support the case for putting Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, and Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, in these debates.<\/p>\n

By recognizing the unique realities of this election for president and going the extra mile to accommodate inclusion of someone besides only Clinton\/Trump and Kaine\/Pence, the Commission on Presidential Debates would provide a valuable service for American voters.<\/p>\n

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