Joe Biden is set to feel the Squeeze by his Progressive Competitors. The Former Vice President will be at the Center of the Stage during next Month’s Democratic Presidential Debate in Houston, Flanked by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the First time.
ABC News on Thursday revealed the Order for the 10 Candidates who met the Polling and Fundraising Requirements set by the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The Lineup was determined by Polling Averages based on the Last 10 Polls Certified by the DNC.
The Debate will be the First one in which All Qualifying Candidates will Not only Appear Onstage together, but where Biden will also have to Fend Off Attacks from his Two Closest Competitors.
Sanders and Warren will have the Opportunity to Challenge Biden’s Moderate Policy Positions as the Democratic Party veers more Left than it has in Past Elections. But they will also have to Challenge each Other as they Battle for the Progressive Vote.
According to a new Qunnipiac Poll, Warren has jumped Ahead of Sanders for Second Place, pulling in 19 percentage points to his 15. Biden sits at 32% Support.
From Left to Right, the Candidates will be:
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey
Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Former VP Joe Biden of Delaware
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Sen. Kamala Harris of California
Businessman Andrew Yang
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro
These Candidates already met the Forth Debate Requirements.
ABC News will Host the 3rd Democratic Primary Debate at Texas Southern University in Houston on September 12th. Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, "World News Tonight" Anchor David Muir, ABC News Correspondent Linsey Davis, and Univision Anchor Jorge Ramos will Moderate the Debate on Thursday. It will air across ABC, Univision with a Spanish translation, locally on KTRK-TV. and on ABC News Live. The Streaming Channel is available on the ABCNews.com website and apps, as well as Hulu Live, The Roku Channel, Facebook Watch, AppleTV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube, Apple News, and Twitter.
Candidates will have One Minute and 15 Seconds to Respond to Questions posed to them and 45 Seconds for Rebuttals. They will also Each receive Time to Issue an Opening Statement.
To Qualify for the Third Debate, Candidates had to receive at least 2% in at Least Four DNC-Approved Polls Released between June 28th and Aug. 28th and reach 130,000 Donors, with a Minimum of 400 Unique Donors per State in at least 20 States.
The Organizations Approved by the DNC: The Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, the Des Moines Register, Fox News, Monmouth University, NBC News, The New York Times, National Public Radio, Quinnipiac University, University of New Hampshire, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Winthrop University. They also must be Conducted by Different Organizations or, if by the Same Organization. must be in Different Geographical Areas.
Nearly Half the Candidates in the 2020 Democratic Field Failed to Reach both of the New Stringent Thresholds.
Billionaire Tom Steyer, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, and Author Marianne Williamson met only the Donor Requirements. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland, Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, and Former Rep. Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania didn’t meet either Requirement.
But the Next Debate will have the Same Requirements, so they could be in the Next Debate(s).
The Dates for the Fourth Debate are Oct. 15th, and if needed, the 16th in Ohio.
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