06-14-2019, 04:36 PM
Today, the drawing to determine the debate line up for each of the two nights went down.
Candidates were divided into two categories: those who polled above average of 2 per cent and those who polled below.
The Democratic Party said it wanted to spread the frontrunners and lower-tier candidates out so there is no perception of a 'lesser' or 'junior' debate as there was in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, when a second debate night was organized for candidates not garnering as high poll numbers (and was commonly referred to as 'the kiddie table").
The random drawing then took place, pulling from each of the respective categories to create two separate groupings of 10, with the following results.
June 26 participants:
Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Julian Castro, Tim Ryan, Bill de Blasio, and Jay Inslee.
June 27 participants:
Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bennet, Marianne Williamson, Eric Swalwell, Kirsten Gillibrand, Andrew Yang, and John Hickenlooper.
Ref and candidate profiles: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...bates.html
Candidates were divided into two categories: those who polled above average of 2 per cent and those who polled below.
The Democratic Party said it wanted to spread the frontrunners and lower-tier candidates out so there is no perception of a 'lesser' or 'junior' debate as there was in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, when a second debate night was organized for candidates not garnering as high poll numbers (and was commonly referred to as 'the kiddie table").
The random drawing then took place, pulling from each of the respective categories to create two separate groupings of 10, with the following results.
June 26 participants:
Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Julian Castro, Tim Ryan, Bill de Blasio, and Jay Inslee.
June 27 participants:
Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Michael Bennet, Marianne Williamson, Eric Swalwell, Kirsten Gillibrand, Andrew Yang, and John Hickenlooper.
Ref and candidate profiles: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...bates.html