ATLANTA, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- CNN announced Tuesday it will change the criteria for its upcoming Republican presidential debate after a lack of national public polling since the last time the candidates squared off.
The network originally said its Sept. 16 debate would feature the top 10 candidates from an average of approved polls from July 16 to Sept. 10. That criteria was established under the assumption there would be more polls conducted after Fox's Aug. 6 debate than there were. Based on historic data, CNN expected there to be 15 polls instead of the five planned.