Democrats Announce Fifth Debate Requirements to Try and Narrow the Field to a Less Ridiculous Level
By almost any measure, the first three Democratic debates have been a bit of a clown show with so many candidates participating. Each candidate vying to unseat President Trumo has received an incredibly low amount of talking time and most of the time the debates have devolved into an interrupting contest or a grade school hand-raising fight.
I was not a fan of the hand raising during tonight's #DemocraticDebate and the moderators seemed to ignore them as well.
— Heath Buckmaster (@buckmasterflash) September 13, 2019
The fourth debate, hosted by notorious left-wing media outlets CNN and the New York Times, will be held at Otterbein University in Westerville, OH. There are at least 11 candidates participating in the debate. The DNC has not yet decided whether that will mean it is hosted on just October 15, or if it will be split into two nights. This would mean half the candidates would debate on October 16 as well.
At least 11 Democratic candidates will spar onstage in the next Democratic debate. https://t.co/3w5RKZDU29
— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) September 17, 2019
This debate, as well as the September shout-fest, required donations from at least 130,000 unique donors and that candidates polled at 2% in four polls. The November debate has increased these requirements. For the fifth debate, candidates must have 165,000 donors and poll at either 3 percent in four national polls or 5 percent in two polls of the states that hold early presidential nominations.
The national Democratic Party announced higher polling and donor thresholds to qualify for the fifth presidential debate in November, which could further winnow the field. (The fourth is next month, with at least 11 candidates over two nights.) https://t.co/fy1RIiSG4v @Reuters
— Joseph Ax (@josephax) September 23, 2019
So far, there have not been enough qualifying polls released but there are a few candidates who are projected already to make the cut. Here is a look at who the sports and political analytics website Five Thirty Eight believes will qualify for the fifth Democratic debate in December and get one step closer to taking on President Trump.
Who will make the fifth Democratic debate? https://t.co/2viRWa1pCf
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) September 24, 2019