The Bloodbath in Boulder
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WHAT: @Ballot_ball will be live-tweeting the third Republican Presidential debate
WHERE: The University of Colorado; Boulder, Colorado WHEN: 6 pm ET and 8 pm ET on October 28, 2015 |
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October 27, 2015 - On Wednesday night, 14 Republican Presidential contenders are going to take the stage in Boulder, and Ballotball.com is going to play referee. We aren’t going to pick a winner—you, the voter, should decide that for yourself. What we WILL do is help keep the bout civil by throwing flags and calling penalties in real time. So, tune in live on Wednesday night, and check back with us next week to find out who was penalized the most.
Update: see debate results here.
Update: see debate results here.
The Undercard
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The Main Event
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The Rules
The rules haven't been specified by CNBC in any online forum. However, we do know that the main debate will be limited to 2 hours(including commercials), and will give candidates the chance to have opening and closing statements.
The Penalties
Minor Penalties
Icing
- Getting way ahead of yourself. For instance, in the last Republican debate, Lindsey Graham was asked about his opinion on the right of bakers to refuse to cater a gay wedding. He responded: "Whether you're the wedding cake baker or the gay couple or the Baptist preacher, radical Islam would kill you all if they could."
Diving (Embellishment)
- Pretending to be offended. Might be hard to spot, but flopping will not be tolerated.
Abuse of the officials
- We had to institute this penalty after Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly got into a fight during the first debate. Save your claims about media bias for the post-debate interviews, that's what they're there for.
Joining a fight (3rd man rule)
- Two candidates can argue with each other, but let's keep the piling on to a minimum.
Puck out of bounds
- Swatting the question out of bounds and answering a different one.
Major Penalties
Biting
- Pretty much self-explanatory. This one's not likely to happen, but better safe than sorry: crabbiness is likely since the debate will go late into the night and the average age of the candidates is 69.
Boarding
- Pushing an opponent violently into the boards or advocating the use of waterboarding (which is illegal).
Icing
- Getting way ahead of yourself. For instance, in the last Republican debate, Lindsey Graham was asked about his opinion on the right of bakers to refuse to cater a gay wedding. He responded: "Whether you're the wedding cake baker or the gay couple or the Baptist preacher, radical Islam would kill you all if they could."
Diving (Embellishment)
- Pretending to be offended. Might be hard to spot, but flopping will not be tolerated.
Abuse of the officials
- We had to institute this penalty after Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly got into a fight during the first debate. Save your claims about media bias for the post-debate interviews, that's what they're there for.
Joining a fight (3rd man rule)
- Two candidates can argue with each other, but let's keep the piling on to a minimum.
Puck out of bounds
- Swatting the question out of bounds and answering a different one.
Major Penalties
Biting
- Pretty much self-explanatory. This one's not likely to happen, but better safe than sorry: crabbiness is likely since the debate will go late into the night and the average age of the candidates is 69.
Boarding
- Pushing an opponent violently into the boards or advocating the use of waterboarding (which is illegal).