12-19-2019, 01:10 PM
The number of candidates who qualified for the 6th Democratic Primary Debate tonight is down to seven.
To score an invite, candidates had to meet a donor requirement: contributions from 200,000 unique donors, plus one of two polling requirements between Oct 16th and Dec 12th:
--1. two polls at 6 percent or more in the four early nominating states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina; or
--2. four polls at 4 percent or more in early nominating states or national surveys.
Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobachar, Andrew Yang, and Tom Steyer will each have 75 seconds to answer moderator questions and 45 seconds for rebuttals/follow-ups, along with one minute to make a closing statement.
The debate is 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. It is being held in Los Angeles and co-hosted by PBS and Politico.
The moderators: Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor of PBS and Tim Alberta of Politico.
Ref: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/us/po...ebate.html
To score an invite, candidates had to meet a donor requirement: contributions from 200,000 unique donors, plus one of two polling requirements between Oct 16th and Dec 12th:
--1. two polls at 6 percent or more in the four early nominating states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina; or
--2. four polls at 4 percent or more in early nominating states or national surveys.
Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobachar, Andrew Yang, and Tom Steyer will each have 75 seconds to answer moderator questions and 45 seconds for rebuttals/follow-ups, along with one minute to make a closing statement.
The debate is 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eastern time. It is being held in Los Angeles and co-hosted by PBS and Politico.
The moderators: Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor of PBS and Tim Alberta of Politico.
Ref: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/us/po...ebate.html