Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumNBC: The next debate will go to 10: What we learned from this week's polls.
1. Tom Steyer didnt hit two percent in either poll in fact, he was below one percent in both which means there will be just 10 participants next month: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Beto ORourke, Cory Booker, Andrew Yang, Amy Klobuchar and Julian Castro.
2. Because only 10 qualified instead of 11 there will be just one debate night in Houston, on Sept. 12, which means Biden, Bernie and Warren will all share the same stage.
3. The higher threshold to make Septembers debate (130,000 donors, hitting 2 percent in at least four polls) winnowed a field with some 20 candidates in half to 10.
4. Money doesnt buy you love or participation in a presidential debate: Steyer has spent nearly $12 million for an opportunity to make the debate stage, while Kirsten Gillibrand (who also didnt make it) has spent more than $2 million.
5. Steyer and others still have a shot to make the October debate, since the qualifying polling period lasts from June 28 to two weeks before the debate which gives them more time to make that debate stage.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/next-debate-will-go-ten-what-we-learned-week-s-n1047141?cid=public-rss_20190828
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pangaia
(24,324 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Fiendish Thingy
(15,544 posts)I'm guessing there will be a wave of candidates dropping out who haven't made the debates, and an ensuing surge in the polls for both Biden and Warren; the other eight, I'm not so sure.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,970 posts)That means candidates have more time to hit 2% enough times in the polls that count. Everyone who qualifies for September is automatically qualified for October, but more may qualify as well.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)and Steyer needs only one more? A 2 night debate in October? This is getting ridiculous.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)Biden and Sanders in the center, flanked by Harris and Warren. Then Buttigieg and O'Rourke. Then Booker and and Yang. Out the outsides, Klobuchar and Castro.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LincolnRossiter
(560 posts)I'm glad we get all the leaders up there at once, but I really wish they'd gone with a 5-5 split.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
crazytown
(7,277 posts)Biden, Warren, Buttigieg, Castro, Yang
Sanders, Harris, Beto, Booker, Amy
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
sacto95834
(393 posts)might be a good idea to split the panel into two w/5 each. Probably get better answers, or at least more time to deliver more thoughtful answers to questions. Just want to experience a panel w/less candidates. The first two debates were often mind numbing.
September's debate can go back to the one panel w/10 if need be.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Tarc
(10,472 posts)I am looking forward to time spent engaging with viable candidates.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden