10 Democratic Candidates Likely to Square Off in One Debate Night

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Only 10 Democratic candidates are expected to qualify for the debate in September, significantly shrinking the debate stage from the summer and giving them the first chance to all appear on the same night.

Two more qualifying polls from Quinnipiac University and USA Today/Suffolk University were released Wednesday — the deadline to qualify for September's debate — but billionaire donor and environmental activist Tom Steyer, who needed to reach a threshold of 2% in one more poll to qualify, didn't. He garnered under 1% in USA Today's poll and got 0% in Quinnipiac's survey.

The massive Democratic field of 21 candidates is unlikely to see an immediate wave of drop-outs, despite the debate stage being cut in half since the June and July debates. Candidates who missed out still have weeks left to qualify for October's debate, and a few are close to returning later in the fall.

To qualify for both the September and October debates, candidates must reach at least 2% in four approved national or state polls and receive contributions from 130,000 unique donors. All 10 candidates who have already qualified for September are guaranteed a spot in October.

The upcoming debate on Sept. 12 in Houston will feature former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/10-democratic-candidates-likely-to-square-off-in-one-debate-night/ar-AAGrX1Y?li=BBnb7Kz

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1. And in October there will be 2 nights

after Steyer scores another one in IA or NH - where he is blanketing the airwaves. What a joke.