Democratic Dec. Presidential Primary Debate Update

The Democratic Party will hold the next Presidential Primary Debate on December 19th, 2019, at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, California. It is the Sixth of 12 Democratic Primary Debates Scheduled for the 2020 Presidential Election.

The Debate is Sponsored by PBS NewsHour and Politico, and the Moderators are:

Judy Woodruff, Anchor and Managing Editor of the PBS NewsHour.
Tim Alberta, Chief Political Correspondent for POLITICO Magazine.
Amna Nawaz, Correspondent and Substitute Anchor for PBS Newshour.
Yamiche Alcindor, White House Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and Political Contributor to NBC News and MSNBC.

Candidates have until December 12th, 2019, to Qualify:

A Candidate has Two ways to meet the Polling Threshold to Qualify for the November Debate:

Four Poll Threshold: Receive 4% Support or more in at least Four National or Early State Polls: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and/or Nevada. The Four Polls must be Sponsored by Different Poll Sponsors or in Different Geographical Areas if Sponsored by the Same Poll Sponsor.

Early State Poll Threshold: Receive 6% Support or more in at least Two Single State Polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and/or Nevada. The Two Polls may be from the Same Geographical Area and Poll Sponsor.

Eligible Polls must be Sponsored by One of the following Poll Sponsors:

Associated Press
ABC News/Washington Post
CBS News/YouGov
CNN
Des Moines Register
Fox News
Monmouth University
National Public Radio
NBC News/Wall Street Journal
NBC News/Marist
New York Times
Quinnipiac University
University of New Hampshire
USA Today/Suffolk University
Winthrop University

Eligible Polls must also Meet the following Requirements:

Each Poll must be Publicly Released between October 16th, 2019, and December 12th, 2019.

Each Poll’s Candidate Support Question must have been Conducted by Reading or Presenting a List of Democratic Presidential Primary Candidates to Respondents. Poll Questions using an Open-Ended or Un-Aided Question to Gauge Presidential Primary Support will Not Count.

Each Polling Result must be the Topline Number, the Aggregated Result of the Poll, Listed in the Original Public Release from the Poll Sponsor, whether or Not it is a Rounded or Weighted Number.

Grassroots Fundraising:

Candidates must also Provide Verifiable Evidence that they reached the Following Fundraising Thresholds: Donations from at least 200,000 Unique Donors and a Minimum of 800 Unique Donors per State in at least 20 States.

As of December 3rd, 2019, Six Candidates had Qualified for the December Debate:

Joe Biden
Pete Buttigieg
Amy Klobuchar
Bernie Sanders
Tom Steyer
Elizabeth Warren

Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang have cleared the Fundraising Threshold, and received 4% in Three Polls. They need One more Poll to make the Stage.










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