Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and his running mate, one-time Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, are rallying supporters in Boston.

Weld told Boston Herald Radio he was optimistic about getting onto the debate stage, saying, "Once we get announced we are in the debate, we are going to have saturation media coverage from that day until November 8".

Johnson is pulling out all the stops - taking out ads and making as many media appearance as he can - to gain attention in order to vault himself into the debate.

The presidential debates are run by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which describes itself as a private, non-profit organization.

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Since 2000, the Commission on Presidential Debates has required a candidate to reach at least 15 percent in an average of five national polls in order to qualify for the autumn's general election debates. In some ways he's a more centrist voice than either the Republican or the Democrat in the field: A former two-term Republican governor from New Mexico, Johnson is liberal on social issues and conservative on money issues. "I think their decent poll numbers have more to do with the frustration with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump than liking Gary Johnson".

For the Libertarians-having never topped 1 percent of the vote in a presidential election-actually challenging the Democratic and Republican "monopoly" would take a third-party campaign unprecedented in recent electoral politics. Another poll suggests that two-thirds of Americans want Johnson to be in the debate. That would move the race to the House of Representatives, where Johnson could be the compromise victor.

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson has his sights set on qualifying for the first presidential debate on September 26 in Hempstead, N.Y., but in an interview with Fox News Sunday, he made clear he thinks he can do much more than that in this unpredictable campaign. Now that holds Johnson in a good stead, especially because respondents won't have to recall his name themselves. The American people deserve more choices and I don't care whether he has 8%, 10%, or 12%, he should be on stage.

Libertarians aren't recognized as a political party in the state, though activists collected enough signatures to get Johnson on the ballot by way of a process for independent candidates.