Third-Party Candidates Fall Short Of Presidential Debate Threshold

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks during a campaign rally earlier this month at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Morgan/AP)
There will officially be no third-party candidate on the presidential debate stage.
Libertarian Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party officially did not make the cut, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday.
To qualify for the stage, a candidate needs to be polling at 15 percent or higher in an average