Two-Party Tyranny: Ralph Nader on Exclusion of Third-Party Candidates from First Presidential Debate
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- Category: Politics
It’s official: When the first presidential debate takes place next Monday, a week from today, it will exclude third-party candidates from the debate stage. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that both Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party and Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party failed to qualify by polling at 15 percent or higher. This comes as polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are among the least popular major-party candidates to ever run for the White House. We get reaction from four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who has previously been excluded from debates. He has a new book titled "Breaking Through Power: It’s Easier Than We Think."
Read more http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/19/two_party_tyranny_ralph_nader_on
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