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Who's in the Democratic Debates, and Who's in Danger of Missing Them
By MAGGIE ASTOR, DENISE LU and MATT STEVENS APRIL 29, 2019
As you may have heard, the first Democratic presidential debate will be split across two nights, June 26 and 27, because there are so many candidates: 20 and counting.
What you may not have heard is that the debate qualifications are turning out to be relatively easy to meet to the point that they may cause embarrassment for some Democrats.
First, lets lay out the qualifications: A candidate either has to receive donations from 65,000 people (including 200 donors apiece in 20 states) or has to register 1 percent support in three polls. Only polls from a preset list of organizations are accepted, and candidates cannot count two polls from the same pollster in the same place.
The potential for embarrassment is this: According to a New York Times analysis, seven candidates will qualify based on polling but not, as of now, based on donors. Hitting 1 percent support in polls is a breeze for most candidates its less than the margin of error. But these seven Democrats risk appearing like they are skating onto the debate stage because of a really low poll threshold, not because of appeal among grass-roots donors.
FULL story: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/29/us/politics/democratic-primary-debates-2020.html
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Who's in the Democratic Debates, and Who's in Danger of Missing Them (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2019
OP
There's a HUGE "Tulsi 2020" billboard where I live in eastern Iowa, located
bullwinkle428
Apr 2019
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hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)1. Your embedded graphic did not show the descriptors...
Green represents qualified with poll and donor requirements
Yellow/cream represents qualified with donors
Blue represents qualified with polls
and the four on white background are NOT CURRENTLY qualified for either.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Funtatlaguy
(10,884 posts)2. There are actually 21. You forgot Gravel.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)4. He joins the four without either support or donation I am 99% certain.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
hlthe2b
(102,320 posts)3. My question? who is funding Tulsi Gabbard (the star of many a Fox pundit)?
Lest any of the handful of Tulsi supporters be angered by my assertion:
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/dem-2020-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-touts-praise-from-fox-news-host-tucker-carlson/
Dem 2020 Candidate Tulsi Gabbard Touts Praise From
Fox News Host Tucker Carlson
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)5. There's a HUGE "Tulsi 2020" billboard where I live in eastern Iowa, located
along Interstate 80, which of course gets loads of traffic every day.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden