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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
This is where I think you're wrong. Being in a national debate COULD get you on other state ballots, but not getting that national exposure can certainly keep you off of them. I don't know what a minimum requirement should be, but I'd say at least 1/3 of the states should be enough to get involved in the debates.
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Fine. That's your opinion. I happen to disagree. If you're on the ballot of the 1/3rd of the smallest states in terms of population, then you're wasting the time of the voters in the 2/3rd's of the most populous states and the majority of voters since they can't vote for you and there's no way for you to win. But that's my opinion.
And the way that the balloting works, candidates should have been on the ballots in most states well before debate time, so being in a debate won't necessarily help you one way or the other. Remember, debate time starts about 2 months before the election. Generally speaking, ballots are finalized about 90 days out, sometimes more sometimes less.