Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is unlikely to qualify alongside heavyweights like Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for CNN’s primetime debate Tuesday because of his low poll numbers.
From a Bloomberg Politics analysis released Thursday: “To qualify for the CNN-sponsored primetime debate, candidates must average at least 3.5 percent support nationally or 4 percent in either Iowa or New Hampshire, based on major polls conducted between Oct. 29 and Dec. 13.”
Paul, who’s been on the main stage for the last three Republican debates, does not earn the needed averages in either the state or national polls to qualify for CNN’s primetime event. According to Bloomberg, he only comes close in Iowa at 3.5 percent.
