Editor’s note: "2016 Debate Watch" is a running, bi-weekly series.
This week we’ve seen Jeb Bush and Donald Trump gain some momentum. Carly Fiorina, meanwhile, recently turned some heads as well, cracking the top ten for the first time ever.
If the August 6 Fox News debate were held tonight, however, only the following candidates would make the (prime-time) cut. (See the debate rules here):
(1) Jeb Bush: 15.0(2) Scott Walker: 10.6
(3) Marco Rubio: 9.4
(4) Ben Carson: 9.4
(5) Mike Huckabee: 8.0
(6) Rand Paul: 8.0
(7) Donald Trump: 6.0
(8) Ted Cruz: 4.8
(9) Chris Christie: 3.8
(10) Rick Perry: 3.4
Editor’s note: The five polls used to calculate these averages can be found here, here, here, here, and here.