[Nero Germanicus]

If those five polls were averaged as of today it would be: Clinton: 44%, Trump: 36%, Johnson: 10%, & Stein: 5%

[goldstategop]

If we use a 5% cut-off, we’re going to have a four way debate.

That may change by October.

[Lopeover]

Lying Media polls.

[longtermmemmory]

They will be push polled to include Johnson in order to triangulate Hillary as the only “woman” candidate.

[arl295]

So they use media manipulated polls to determine who gets to debate?

I have a feeling Johnson will magically find his 5 points and stein will be around -10 because she would pull the most from Hillary

[GSWarrior]

Remember, a vote for Jill Stein takes a vote away from Gary Johnson ; )

[immadashell]

If NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN work their poll bias magic, Trump may not qualify. lol

[struggle]

Problem:
Does Gary Johnson:
1. Be your attack dog for a very weak Hillary? or
2. Take Hillary voters away instead of Trump.

I’m guessing #2 because Johnson is a liberal who claims he’s libertarian, so he probably won’t get a debate slot.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

They will lower the standard or tweak the media driven polls to get Gary Johnson up there so that Hiillary can be in the middle with men on either side...its about the OPTICS!
NO Dr Jill...bad optics...sorry that is the way the propaganda arm of the DNC operates ( that being the US MEDIA)

[BenLurkin]

The polls will be rigged to be sure that Trump can’t focus on demolishing Hillary

[LS]

Just as Sundance predicted, they are working to get Johnson onto the stage so a) it will be “two guys against the little woman” and b) give Johnson credibility (I think he takes a little more from Trump, while Stein takes exclusively from Cankles). It also gives Johnson and Cankles the ability to double team Trump as Perot and Clinton did with H. W. Bush in 1992.

[Sooth2222]

"If those five polls were averaged as of today it would be: Clinton: 44%, Trump: 36%, Johnson: 10%, & Stein: 5%"

Even if Johnson's 10% includes some "shy" Trump voters, I can't see it increasing to 15% on an average of 5 polls. (What could Trump possibly do that would make any of his supporters likely to admit it than they are now?)

[RideForever]

Can’t be done. In Obama’s first term w/ Democrat Congress the law against public media presenting propaganda from the State Dept was reversed, so Clinton News Network and Washington comPost can project fantasy as news unabated, especially if it comes from HRC campaign aka State Dept.

[upchuck]

From the article:

The commission said those five polls were chosen with advice from Frank Newport, the editor in chief of polling powerhouse Gallup.

And we all know what a middle-of-the-road guy Mr. Newport is.