April 26, 2026
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Presidential candidates Marc Allan Feldman, Gary Johnson, John McAfee, Darryl W. Perry and Austin Petersen participated in the final Libertarian Party presidential debate before the May 28th, 2016 CSPAN debate, on the eve of the presidential nominating vote.
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Found a video of the top tier VP debate, from the LPCA, starts at about 4:32:00: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuMTARZqaFk
Haven’t watched it all yet so I can’t vouch for the quality.
Thanks! I was able to find a video of what I think is the 2nd Presidential debate tier on McCormick’s Facebook. It featured: Sterling, Feldman (who advanced to the 1st tier), Clements, McCormick, and a new face: JD Donaghe (spelling? he advanced from the 3rd tier).
Good question. Can’t do it from memory. If I find the program I’ll try to remember who was in which tier. Meanwhile, others please let us know if you remember.
Oh, interesting, I didn’t know that there were more tiers. Does anybody have the participant breakdown of each debate tier? I’ve been trying to keep track of all of the debates this primary season.
Stewart did not make the cutoff for Tier 1. There were 2 tiers for VP and 3 tiers for P.
Does anyone have a video of the vice-presidential debate that followed?
A Libertarian Future says Bill Weld did the best: https://alibertarianfuture.com/2016-election/libertarian-national-convention/libertarian-convention-debate-straw-poll-results-johnson-weld-clinch-wins/
Indeed, Weld outscored Johnson in their respective straw polls (38% for Weld, 35% for Johnson).
Also, who was in the preliminary VP debate? Weld, Coley, Sharpe, Dearn, and Weiss? Was Stewart there?
Leaving out Petersen’s name was unintentional. The article has been fixed. Thanks to all for bringing it to my attention.
Petersen is clearly standing right next to Perry. I can’t tell whether his omission from the listing in the description was a mistake or an intentional snub.
Petersen and Perry crushed it, IMO.
Petersen didn’t debate, but DID post the videos?
What about Peterman?