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First Republican Presidential Debate: Top 10 Candidate Predictions

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Republican Presidential Debate 2015

The first Republican Presidential debate is set for this coming Thursday at 8:50 p.m. ET and will run until 11:00 p.m. on FOX News. The top 10 candidates who will be participating in the debate on the main stage will be chosen tomorrow and the anticipation is greater this year than it ever has been. With all of the controversy surrounding front-runner Donald Trump, many can’t wait to see what he will say next. Will he be buried in the debate or will he roast all the others? And, which candidates will be involved in the debate. The latest results in the polls for the top 10 candidates are listed below.


Donald Trump – 19.8 percent


Scott Walker – 13.2 percent


Jeb Bush – 13 percent


Rand Paul – 6.4 percent


Ben Carson – 6.4 percent


Marco Rubio – 6.2 percent


Mike Huckabee – 5.8 percent


Ted Cruz – 5.8 percent


Chris Christie – 3.2 percent


John Kasich – 3.2 percent


So, when will the answers on which candidates will take the stage be announced? Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. ET is the cut-off time. FOX8 reports that 5:00 p.m. is the time that the national polls must be released in order to decide which 10 candidates will enter the debate. For the candidates who fail to make it into the primetime debate on Thursday night, the seven bottom candidates will have their own hour-long debate at 5:00 p.m. ET on Fox News.


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It's the first Republican Presidential Debate in 2015 for the 2016 election. Read on for the top polls and the candidates winning their way to the debate.