So how do we close that no-limits write off loophole anyway?

[LAS14]

Last edited Tue Oct 4, 2016, 05:57 PM - Edit history (3)

The organization for presidential debates has created a web site where people can suggest questions for the town hall debate. CNN and ABC have agreed to look at the top 30 suggestions and consider them for use in the debate.

I posted the following suggestion a little over 24 hours ago. It has stayed on the first page of "trending" suggestions that whole time. If everyone here who votes for it also tweets, shares and emails it, we have a chance of making the top 30. I'd love to hear what Donnie has to say, and I'm sure Hillary has a good plan all ready to lay out.

Hoping you'll all vote for this Town Hall debate question.

How would you close the loophole that allows writing off almost 1 billion?

https://presidentialopenquestions.com/questions/11129/vote/#created=11129

[chillfactor]

1. ok...voted for your question.

[crazylikafox]

2. The link worked for me. Thanks. I voted

[rurallib]

3. voted - good luck

[LAS14]

4. 12th in the trending list. Thanks, folks!

[Demsrule86]

5. Done ...put it on Facebook and tweeted as well. nt

[Old and In the Way]

6. Thanks for posting!

Reccd your post,resorted by most recs and voted the top 100!

[Gabi Hayes]

7. K

this is crazy......the way they're picking the Qs

[LAS14]

8. SECOND in the trending list!!!! Keep 'em coming! :-)

[HarmonyRockets]

9. Don't just vote for that one.

Everyone should spend some time on that site voting for other questions too. Especially the top ones, since they will pick from the top 30. Just sort by most votes.

[LAS14]

10. Still trending high (6th) after 18 hours. There's a chance...

... to get this high enough to be considered! Vote and then share or tweet or e-mail, OK?

[meow2u3]

11. Voted and tweeted

[LAS14]

12. Back down to 12th in trending list. Vote, tweet, share, e-mail! :-)

[LAS14]

13. Does anyone have an idea of how "trending" is determined...

... on PresidentialOpenQuestions.com? I assumed it was the speed with which people were voting for a question. That makes sense looking at what is on page one. But when I go to page two and beyond I see a bunch with only 1 or 2 votes. How can those be in the trending list? Might it be that there's a cutoff and only those with so many votes per hour show up on the first page and the rest is in random order or something?

[brooklynite]

14. If you laughed at Trump supporters "voting" in online polls after last week's debate...

...don't wast your time "voting" on questions to be asked in tonight's debate.

The questions asked by the moderator have already been set. The questions asked by the audience are the questions the audience wants to answer. These are undecided voters, not partisans, and they won't be going to website to find out what they should say.

[LAS14]

15. This website is sponsored by CNN and ABC. They have promised to...

... "consider" the top 30 questions. Sounds like they could reasonably do that.

[LAS14]

16. We broke 1000! Number 12 in the "trending" list!

[LAS14]

17. K & R for a new day. Be sure to Share, Email and Tweet after voting!