Smart Republicans.... there are a few.

[Mister Agenda]

I'm pretty sure there are actual set rules on the matter, there are certain polls that are national polls and he only have to make 15% in 4 of them. They were set up that way during the second Perot run.

I hope there are rules, but the folks that decide which national polls to use aren't sharing what the rules are, as far as I can tell. They certainly don't announce which polls will be used to make the determination in advance.