Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2019 11:22:25 GMT -4
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There will be 12 candidates on stage
Former Vice President Joe Biden
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro
California Sen. Kamala Harris
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
California billionaire Tom Steyer
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Eight candidates did not meet the threshold:
Author and activist Marianne Williamson
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock
Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney
Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam
Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan
Former Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Sestak
The lesser known candidates haven’t had stand out moments yet
The Democratic field has slimmed in the past month; New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio has dropped out, as has former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, who has now decided he will challenge Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in the Colorado Senate race instead. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) dropped out, as did Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who has instead been elevated as Democratic candidates’ climate guru.
Going into the September debate, candidates like Bennet and Bullock both told the Washington Post that they weren’t deterred by being shut out of the event. But missing two debates will certainly be difficult for candidates with already low national name recognition.
The debates serve as an important opportunity for smaller campaigns to get their names and message out to the rest of the country. But between the three rounds — and five nights — of debates so far, none of the break out moments have gone to lesser-known candidates. Instead, polling shows the Democratic primary increasingly looks like a three-way race between Biden, Warren and Sanders.
Whether the lesser-known candidates will withstand missing out on two debates remains to be seen.
The DNC has made it progressively harder for U.S. Democratic presidential candidates to qualify for the primary debates. Here are the requirements for the upcoming debates and which candidates have qualified, so far.
Here’s a look at who’s in the Oct. 15 debate and who’s made the cut for the November debate so far.
or more in early nominating states or national surveys.
