Just How Arbitrary Is Fox’s 10-Person GOP Debate Cutoff?

… With the major contenders for the GOP nomination now numbering 17, Fox News will only allow the top 10 candidates into the first GOP debate on Thursday. To determine the participants, Fox will be averaging together five national polls. …

I took a stab at averaging the latest five polls together and determining the resulting margin of error for each candidate with the guidance of Samuel Wang, neuroscientist and founder of the Princeton Election Consortium blog. Here’s a look at the results. CONT.

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News

Recent polls: Republican presidential preference

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