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Six GOP Candidates Appear To Have Qualified For First Primary Debate

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FiveThirtyEight has reported that six Republican Presidential candidates appear to have qualified for the first GOP primary debate on August 23.

  • 538: “Thanks to a pair of polls from Beacon Research/Shaw & Company/Fox Business released on Sunday that measured the preferences of likely GOP voters in Iowa and South Carolina. Based on FiveThirtyEight’s analysis, the two surveys increased the number of total polls that can, according to the Republican National Committee’s guidelines, qualify a candidate for the stage to five.”
  • The most notable candidate who is currently short of meeting requirements is former Vice Presdient Mike Pence - one of the few candaidates with a national profile who campaigned on an anti-Trump platform.

Figure 1: GOP Candidates Likely to be on the Debate Stage

Source: FiveThirtyEight

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