--- title: How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate Online description: Here's how to stream the second Republican presidential debate, which will air on CNN, online for free on Wednesday. authors: - name: Ethan Wolff-Mann url: https://money.com/author/ethan-wolff-mann/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 160 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/ewolffmann former_staff: true published: '2015-09-15T14:59:04.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T10:28:53.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - politics - Republican debate - streaming - Television word_count: 189 canonical: https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. 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[Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Republican 2016 presidential candidates (L-R) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Dr. Ben Carson, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, businessman Donald Trump, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator Rand Paul and Ohio Governor John Kasich debate at the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.](https://img.money.com/2015/09/150915_em_gopdebate.jpg?crop=0px%2C31px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85) *Republican 2016 presidential candidates (L-R) New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Dr. Ben Carson, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, businessman Donald Trump, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator Rand Paul and Ohio Governor John Kasich debate at the first official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign in Cleveland, Ohio, August 6, 2015.* *To watch the October 19 presidential debate, click here.* With more and more people [cutting the cord](https://money.com/streaming-packages-cord-cutting-cable/) and [getting rid of their cable boxes](https://money.com/tv-cable-box-monopoly-fees/), it only makes sense that you should be able to watch the debates online. For this Wednesday's Republican primary debate, held at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., CNN is providing a free stream on its website, [CNN.com](http://cnn.com), and its iOS and Android apps. Users will not need to log in to view the debate. Earlier this year, FOX attempted to provide a live stream, but fell victim to [technical difficulties](http://mashable.com/2015/08/06/fox-news-gop-debate-stream-fail/#OaBL6_4JImkj), which may have been brought on by the huge viewer turnout—more than 24 million people. In addition to live-streaming the debate, CNN will also show different ads to mobile and cable television viewers, capitalizing on the demographics of mobile users, [according to Mashable](http://mashable.com/2015/09/09/republican-debate-cnn-free/#v2xj5pbW3qkh). Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Carly Fiorina will square off at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 16. ***Read next: [How to Watch All the TV You Want Without Paying a Cable Bill](https://money.com/cable-tv-without-paying-bill/)*** ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Elections", "item": "https://money.com/elections/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate Online" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/", "name": "How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate Online", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-09-15T14:59:04.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:28:53.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "How to Watch Tonight's Republican Presidential Debate Online", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/09/150915_em_gopdebate.jpg?crop=0px%2C31px%2C2100px%2C1181px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "150915_EM_GOPDebate" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ethan Wolff-Mann", "url": "https://money.com/author/ethan-wolff-mann/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/ethan-wolff-mann/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/ewolffmann" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-09-15T14:59:04.000Z", "description": "Here's how to stream the second Republican presidential debate, which will air on CNN, online for free on Wednesday.", "abstract": "Here's how to stream the second Republican presidential debate, which will air on CNN, online for free on Wednesday.", "@id": "https://money.com/republican-debate-watch-stream-online/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T10:28:53.000Z", "wordCount": 189, "keywords": [ "politics", "Republican debate", "streaming", "Television" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Political economy", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_economy" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Election", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election" ] } ] } ] } ```