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|A candidate needs to get at least two percent support in four different polls published from a list of approved pollsters during June 28 to August 28, which cannot be based on open-ended questions and may cover either the national level or one of the first four primary/caucus states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina). Only one poll from each approved pollster will count towards meeting the criterion in each region. The approved pollsters are the [[Associated Press]], [[ABC News]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'', [[Fox News]], [[Monmouth University Polling Institute|Monmouth University]], [[NBC News]], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[National Public Radio]], [[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute|Quinnipiac University]], the [[University of New Hampshire]], ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and [[Winthrop University]]. In contrast to the first two debates, polls published/sponsored by the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' and Reuters will no longer count towards meeting the criterion.
|A candidate needs to get at '''least two percent support''' in '''four different polls''' published from a list of approved pollsters during June 28 to August 28, which cannot be based on open-ended questions and may cover either the national level or one of the first four primary/caucus states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina). Only one poll from each approved pollster will count towards meeting the criterion in each region. The approved pollsters are the [[Associated Press]], [[ABC News]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'', [[Fox News]], [[Monmouth University Polling Institute|Monmouth University]], [[NBC News]], ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[National Public Radio]], [[Quinnipiac University Polling Institute|Quinnipiac University]], the [[University of New Hampshire]], ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and [[Winthrop University]]. In contrast to the first two debates, polls published/sponsored by the ''Las Vegas Review-Journal'' and Reuters will no longer count towards meeting the criterion.
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The 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates have taken place among candidates in the campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for the president of the United States in the 2020 presidential election.

Several forums, in which candidates do not respond directly to each other, have taken place.

Debates

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Sites of the first three Democratic presidential debates; there will be twelve total (D1–D12) in 2019–20

Schedule

In December 2018, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the preliminary schedule for 12 official DNC-sanctioned debates, set to begin in June 2019, with six debates in 2019 and the remaining six during the first four months of 2020. Candidates are allowed to participate in forums featuring multiple other candidates as long as only one candidate appears on stage at a time; if a candidate participates in any unsanctioned debate with other presidential candidates, he or she will lose their invitation to the next DNC-sanctioned debate.[1][2]

If any debates will be scheduled to take place with a location in the first four primary/caucus states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina), the DNC has decided such debates, at the earliest, will be held in 2020.[1] The DNC also announced that it would not partner with Fox News as a media sponsor for any debates.[3][4] Fox News had last held a Democratic debate in 2003.[5] All media sponsors selected to host a debate will as a new rule be required to appoint at least one female moderator for each debate, to ensure there will not be a gender skewed treatment of the candidates and debate topics.[6]

Debate schedule
Debate Date Time
(ET) 		Viewers
(million) 		Location Sponsor(s) Moderator(s) Ref(s)
1A Jun 26, 2019 9–11 pm ~24.3 million
(15.3m live TV; 9m streaming) 		Arsht Center
Miami, Florida 		NBC News
MSNBC
Telemundo 		Jose Diaz-Balart
Savannah Guthrie
Lester Holt
Rachel Maddow
Chuck Todd 		[7][8]
[9][10]
1B Jun 27, 2019 9–11 pm ~27.1 million
(18.1m live TV; 9m streaming)
2A Jul 30, 2019 8–10:30 pm ~11.5 million
(8.7m live TV; 2.8m streaming) 		Fox Theatre
Detroit, Michigan 		CNN Dana Bash
Don Lemon
Jake Tapper 		[11][12][13][14]
2B Jul 31, 2019 8–10:30 pm ~13.8 million
(10.7m live TV; 3.1m streaming)
3A Sep 12, 2019 TBA Health and Physical Education Arena
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas 		ABC News
Univision 		TBA [15][16]
3B Sep 13, 2019[note 1]
4 Oct 2019 TBA [1]
5 Nov 2019
6 Dec 2019
7 Jan–Apr 2020
8
9
10
11
12

Participation

Each of the first two debates took place during two consecutive nights, with a maximum of 10 candidates per night. The DNC, at a public event before each debate, drew lots among the qualified candidates to determine whether they shall debate on the first or second night.[19][20] This drawing procedure was designed to avoid the appearance of a "kiddie table" debate where the lowest polling candidates were grouped together with no leading candidates, which happened during the 2016 Republican Party presidential debates.[21]

Participating candidates in the DNC-sanctioned debates
Candidate

 P  Present  A  Absent  I  Invited  O  Invited to other debate  N  Not invited  Out  Not yet entered race  W  Withdrawn

1A[22] 1B[22] 2A[23] 2B[23] 3A 3B 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Bennet O P O P TBA
Biden O P O P
Booker P O O P
Bullock N P O
Buttigieg O P P O
Castro P O O P
de Blasio P O O P
Delaney P O P O
Gabbard P O O P
Gillibrand O P O P
Harris O P O P
Hickenlooper O P P O
Inslee P O O P
Klobuchar P O P O
Messam N
Moulton N
O'Rourke P O P O
Ryan P O P O
Sanders O P P O
Sestak Out N
Steyer Out N
Warren P O P O
Williamson O P P O
Yang O P O P
Gravel N W
Swalwell O P W

First debates (June 26–27, 2019)

Qualification

To qualify for the first debate, entrants had to, at a minimum, comply with one of the two below listed criteria. If the test had resulted in more than 20 qualified candidates, the two criteria would have been evaluated in combination per an outlined set of tiebreaking rules, but since exactly 20 candidates qualified no tiebreaker was necessary.[24] The deadline for candidates to meet either of the below criteria was June 12 for the first debate.[25][26]


Summary

Democratic Party debates
File:NBC's first Democratic primary debate 2020.jpg
First Democratic debates
HostNBC and MSNBC
Date(s)June 26, 2019
June 27, 2019
VenueArsht Center
LocationMiami, Florida
Lead moderatorLester Holt
Other moderatorsSavannah Guthrie
Chuck Todd
Rachel Maddow
José Diaz-Balart

The Democratic Party's first presidential debates ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election were held on June 26, 2019 and June 27, 2019, in Miami, Florida.

Starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, they aired on NBC and were broadcast on radio by Westwood One. Lester Holt was the lead moderator of the debates, joined by Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and José Diaz-Balart.

The DNC drew lots among the 20 qualified candidates for the first debate to determine whether they should debate on the first night (June 26) or second night (June 27) at the NBC News headquarters (30 Rockefeller Plaza) in New York City on June 14. The qualified candidates or their representatives were present and involved at the drawing event,[53] which was not televised.[54]

The debates took place at the Arsht Center in Miami, Florida. The first night of the debate was marked by a noted dust-up between O'Rourke and Castro on the subject of immigration, which Castro was widely perceived to have won, while Warren met expectations as a top-tier candidate. In addition, Booker and Klobuchar each had their moment in the spotlight, Klobuchar in particular being noted for her one-liners.[55][56] Gabbard took on Ryan over continuing the US presence in Afghanistan.[57] Booker, Castro, and O'Rourke all spoke Spanish at different times during the debate, which received mixed reception and was met with jokes from second-night competitors Williamson and Yang on Twitter.[58][59] On night two, Harris and Biden clashed over Biden's past comments about working with segregationist senators and his stance on desegregation busing.[60]

Night one candidates
Candidates
drawn for the
June 26 debate 		Drawing tier[a] Polling
criterion
result[33] 		Airtime (min.)[61]
Warren 1 16.3% (10 polls) 9.3
O'Rourke 1 10.3% (10 polls) 10.3
Booker 1 4.0% (10 polls) 10.9
Klobuchar 1 3.7% (10 polls) 8.5
Castro 1 2.0% (8 polls) 8.8
Gabbard 2 1.3% (8 polls) 6.6
Ryan 2 1.3% (9 polls) 7.7
Inslee 2 1.0% (7 polls) 5.0
de Blasio 2 1.0% (3 polls) 5.6
Delaney 2 1.0% (3 polls) 6.6
Average 4.2% 7.9
Night two candidates
Candidates
drawn for the
June 27 debate 		Drawing tier[b] Polling
criterion
result[33] 		Airtime (min.)[61]
Biden 1 37.7% (10 polls) 13.6
Sanders 1 26.7% (10 polls) 11.0
Buttigieg 1 13.0% (10 polls) 10.5
Harris 1 11.0% (10 polls) 11.9
Yang 2 1.7% (10 polls) 3.0
Gillibrand 2 1.3% (6 polls) 7.5
Hickenlooper 2 1.3% (5 polls) 5.2
Bennet 2 1.0% (3 polls) 8.1
Williamson 2 1.0%, (4 polls) 5.0
Swalwell 2 1.0% (3 polls) 4.3
Average 9.6% 8.0

Second debates (July 30–31, 2019)

Qualification

The criteria for qualifying for the second debates are the same as for the first debates.[62] To qualify for the second debates, debate entrants had to, at minimum, comply with one of the two below listed criteria.[24] Mike Gravel did not qualify for the debates, since he only met the donation threshold, which was weighted less than the polling threshold.[63] The deadline for candidates to meet either of the above criteria was July 16 for the second debate.[64]

Summary

Democratic Party debates
File:CNN second democratic primary debate.jpg
Second Democratic debates
HostCNN
Date(s)July 30, 2019
July 31, 2019
VenueFox Theatre
LocationDetroit, Michigan
Lead moderatorJake Tapper
Other moderatorsDana Bash
Don Lemon

The Democratic Party's second presidential debates ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election were held on July 30, 2019 and July 31, 2019, in Detroit, Michigan.

Starting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, they aired on CNN and were broadcast on radio by Westwood One. Jake Tapper was the lead moderator of the debates, joined by Dana Bash and Don Lemon.

The drawing of lots among the 20 invited candidates to determine when they will debate was televised in prime time on July 18.[15] There were three tiers of candidates that were split between two nights, as opposed to the two tiers used in the first debates.[68]

In total, 21 candidates qualified for the second debate. The 14 candidates who met both criteria (Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, Buttigieg, O'Rourke, Booker, Klobuchar, Castro, Yang, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Inslee, and Williamson) and the six candidates who met the polling criterion only (Ryan, Hickenlooper, Delaney, de Blasio, Bennet, and Bullock) were invited to participate in the debate. Gravel, the one candidate to qualify by the donor criterion only, was not invited because of the 20-candidate limit and the polling criterion's precedence over the donor criterion as mandated by the DNC. The set of participants for the second debate was identical to the first debates with one exception: Bullock replaced Swalwell, who suspended his campaign between the first and second debates.[63]

The debate on July 30 featured Bullock, Buttigieg, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Ryan, Sanders, Warren and Williamson, while the debate on July 31 featured Bennet, Biden, Booker, Castro, de Blasio, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Harris, Inslee and Yang.[23] Both debates took place at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

The overarching theme on the first night was a clash between moderates and progressives on a variety of issues, ranging from Medicare for All to electability.[69] CNN received criticism for allegedly inciting conflicts between candidates and making questions from Republican talking points, as well as enforcing the time limits too strictly.[70]

Night one candidates
Candidates
drawn for the
July 30 debate 		Drawing tier[c] Polling
criterion
result[33] 		Airtime (min.)[61]
Sanders 1 27.0% (19 polls) 17.6
Warren 1 19.0% (19 polls) 17.9
Buttigieg 2 13.3% (19 polls) 14.4
O'Rourke 2 10.3% (18 polls) 10.9
Klobuchar 2 4.0% (16 polls) 10.7
Hickenlooper 3 1.3% (9 polls) 8.8
Ryan 3 1.3% (9 polls) 9.8
Delaney 3 1.3% (8 polls) 10.3
Williamson 3 1.0% (8 polls) 8.9
Bullock 3 1.0% (4 polls) 10.8
Average 8.0% 12.0
Night two candidates
Candidates
drawn for the
July 31 debate 		Drawing tier[d] Polling
criterion
result[33] 		Airtime (min.)[61]
Biden 1 40.7% (19 polls) 21.2
Harris 1 17.7% (19 polls) 17.7
Booker 2 4.3% (19 polls) 12.8
Castro 2 2.7% (12 polls) 10.5
Yang 2 2.0% (18 polls) 8.7
Gabbard 3 1.3% (12 polls) 10.6
Gillibrand 3 1.3% (10 polls) 11.6
Inslee 3 1.0% (9 polls) 10.7
Bennet 3 1.0% (7 polls) 10.6
de Blasio 3 1.0% (4 polls) 9.7
Average 7.3% 12.4

Third debates (September 12–13, 2019)

Qualification

The third debate, or debates, will take place at the Health and Physical Education Arena on the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. For participation in the third and fourth debates, candidates will be required to meet both raised polling and raised fundraising criteria (in comparison to the first and second debates, where only one criterion was necessary). These criteria will also apply for the fourth debate in October, except that the end of the polling period and the deadline for measuring fundraising will be extended to a later date that has yet to be specified.[18]

Qualified candidates for the third debate
Candidate Met donor criterion
 Met polling criterion
(as of July 25)[71] 		Met both criteria
 Additional
Ref(s)
Biden Yes
(before June 18) 		Yes
(12 qualifying polls) 		Yes [72][73]
Buttigieg Yes
(before June 14) 		Yes
(12 qualifying polls) 		Yes [74][73]
Harris Yes
(before June 14) 		Yes
(12 qualifying polls) 		Yes [74][73]
Sanders Yes
(before June 14) 		Yes
(12 qualifying polls) 		Yes [74][73]
Warren Yes
(before June 14) 		Yes
(12 qualifying polls) 		Yes [74][73]
Booker Yes
(on July 29) 		Yes
(10 qualifying polls) 		Yes [75][73]
O'Rourke Yes
(before June 17) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls) 		Yes [76][73]
Klobuchar Yes
(on August 2) 		Yes
(5 qualifying polls) 		Yes [77][78]
Castro Yes
(on July 8) 		Pending
(3 qualifying polls) 		Pending [79][73]
Yang Yes
(on June 28) 		Pending
(3 qualifying polls) 		Pending [80][73]
Gabbard Yes
(on August 2) 		Pending
(1 qualifying poll) 		Pending [81][82]
Steyer Pending Pending
(2 qualifying polls) 		Pending
Hickenlooper Pending
(~13,000 donors on July 2) 		Pending
(1 qualifying poll) 		Pending [65]
Bennet Pending
(~28,000 donors on June 30) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [74][83]
Bullock Pending
(~17,000 donors on June 30) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [74][83]
de Blasio Pending
(~7,000 donors on June 30) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [83]
Delaney Pending
(~8,000 donors on June 30) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [74][83]
Gillibrand Pending
(~77,000 donors on June 30) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [42][83]
Inslee Pending
(>110,000 donors on August 5) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [84]
Messam Pending Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [74]
Moulton Pending
(~14,000 donors on June 30) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [74][83]
Ryan Pending
(~13,000 donors on July 12) 		Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [85]
Sestak Pending Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending
Williamson Pending
(110,388 donors on August 5)
 Pending
(0 qualifying polls) 		Pending [86]

Fourth debate (October 2019)

Any candidates who have qualified for the third debate also qualify for the fourth debate; these currently include: Biden, Booker, Buttigieg, Harris, Klobuchar, O’Rourke, Sanders, and Warren.[87]

Forums

In addition to the party-sponsored debates, several private organizations are hosting forums focusing on select issues and candidates. Not all of them are documented, but these are some of the major ones that multiple candidates attended.

  Past forums
# Name Issues Date Place Sponsors Ref
1 Heartland Forum Economic issues affecting rural Americans March 30, 2019 Buena Vista University,
Storm Lake, Iowa 		Open Markets Institute Action
HuffPost
Storm Lake Times
Iowa Farmers Union 		[88][89]
2 We the People Membership Summit Democracy reform April 1, 2019 Warner Theatre,
Washington, D.C. 		Center for Popular Democracy Action
Communications Workers of America
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Service Employees International Union
SEIU 32BJ
Sierra Club 		[90][91]
3 She the People Presidential Forum Issues affecting women of color April 24, 2019 Texas Southern University,
Houston, Texas 		She the People [92][93]
4 National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy that Works for All Economic issues affecting low-income Americans April 27, 2019 Enclave,
Las Vegas, Nevada 		Service Employees International Union
Center for American Progress Action Fund 		[94][95]
5 Unity and Freedom Forum Immigration reform and issues affecting Hispanic and Latino Americans May 31, 2019 Hilton Pasadena,
Pasadena, California 		FIRM Action
Community Change Action
CHIRLA Action Fund 		[96][97]
6 Big Ideas Forum One idea that can inspire voters and transform the country June 1, 2019 Warfield Theatre,
San Francisco, California 		MoveOn [98][99]
7 Presidential Candidates Forum Expanding economic opportunity for Black Americans June 15, 2019[note 2] Charleston Music Hall,
Charleston, South Carolina 		Black Economic Alliance [101][100][102]
8 Poor People's Campaign Presidential Forum Issues affecting low-income Americans June 17, 2019 Trinity Washington University,
Washington, D.C. 		Poor People's Campaign [103][104]
9 NALEO Presidential Candidate Forum Issues affecting Hispanic and Latino Americans June 21, 2019 Telemundo Center,
Miami, Florida 		NALEO [105][106]
10 South Carolina Democratic Party Convention Various issues June 22, 2019 Columbia Convention Center,
Columbia, South Carolina 		South Carolina Democratic Party [107][108]
11 We Decide: 2020 Election Membership Forum Abortion, reproductive health care, and contraception June 22, 2019 University of South Carolina,
Columbia, South Carolina 		Planned Parenthood Action Fund [109][110]
12 Strong Public Schools Presidential Forum Issues affecting students, educators, and neighborhood public schools July 5, 2019 George R. Brown Convention Center,
Houston, Texas 		National Education Association [111][112]
13 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Presidential Candidates Forum Issues affecting Hispanic and Latino Americans July 11, 2019 Wisconsin Center,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 		LULAC, Univision [113][114]
14 Netroots Nation Progressive issues and political organizing July 11-13, 2019 Pennsylvania Convention Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 		Netroots Foundation [115][116]
15 Iowa Presidential Candidate Forums Issues affecting older voters in Iowa July 15-17 and 19-20, 2019 Des Moines, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa 		AARP
The Des Moines Register 		[117]
16 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum Various issues July 24, 2019 Detroit, Michigan NAACP [118]
17 Public Service Forum Public service, trade unions, labor rights, and economy August 3, 2019 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada AFSCME
HuffPost
The Nevada Independent 		[119]
18 Des Moines Register Political Soapbox 20-minute speeches on their political platforms August 8-11, August 13 and August 17, 2019 Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA Des Moines Register [120]
19 Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum Issues that impact Native Americans August 19-20, 2019 Orpheum Theater, Sioux City, IA Four Directions,
Native Organizers Alliance,
National Congress of American Indians,
Native American Rights Fund,
Coalition of Large Tribes,
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Association 		[121]
20 Climate Crisis Townhall Global warming September 4, 2019 New York City, New York CNN [122]
21 Asian American Pacific Islanders Progressive Democratic Presidential Forum Issues affecting Asian Pacific Americans September 8, 2019 Orange County, California AAPI Victory Fund
Asian Americans Rising 		[123][124]
22 Climate Forum Climate change September 19-20, 2019 Washington, DC MSNBC
Georgetown University
Our Daily Planet 		[125]
23 Gun Safety Forum Gun violence October 2, 2019 Las Vegas, Nevada Giffords
March For Our Lives 		[126]
24 LGBTQ Forum LGBT rights October 10, 2019 University of California, Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California 		Human Rights Campaign
University of California, Los Angeles 		[127][128]
25 People's Presidential Forum Immigration, mass incarceration, economic justice, tribal sovereignty, water, climate change October 26, 2019 East Las Vegas Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Action, People's Action [129]
26 California Democratic Party Fall Endorsing Convention Forum TBD/Latino issues November 16, 2019 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, California California Democratic Party/Univision [130]
TBD Youth Town Hall Issues affecting children and adolescents TBD Flint, Michigan Mari Copeny
NAACP
Sunrise Movement
Dream Defenders
United We Dream
March for Our Lives 		[131]

Forum participation

Candidate

 P  Present  I  Invited  N  Not invited  A  Absent  Out  Not yet entered race  W  Withdrawn

1
[89] 		2
[91] 		3
[93] 		4
[95] 		5
[97] 		6
[99] 		7
[100] 		8
[104] 		9
[105] 		10
[107] 		11
[110] 		12
[112] 		13
[113] 		14
[115] 		15
[117] 		16
[118][note 3] 		17
[119] 		18
[120] 		19
[121] 		20
[122] 		21
[124] 		22
[125] 		23
[126] 		24
[128] 		25
[129] 		26
[130]
Bennet Out A A A P A P P A A A P[note 4] A P I[note 5] N
Biden Out A A A A P A P P P A A P[note 6] P P I[note 7] I
Booker A P P A A P P A A P P A A A P[note 6] P P I[note 8] I
Bullock Out A A A A A A A A A A P[note 9] A P I[note 7] N
Buttigieg Out A A A A P A P P P A A A P[note 9] P P I[note 10] I
Castro P P P P P P A A P P P P P P P[note 11] P P I[note 12] N
de Blasio Out A A A A A P P P A A A[note 9] A P I[note 5] N
Delaney P A A A A A A A A P P A A A P[note 4] A P I[note 12] N
Gabbard A A P A A A A A A P A A A A P[note 4] A P I[note 12] N
Gillibrand A P A A A P A A A P P A A P P[note 11] A A I[note 8] N
Gravel Out A A A A A A A A A A A A N A }
Harris A A P P P P A P A P P P A A P[note 11] P P I[note 8] I
Hickenlooper A A A P A A A A P P P A A A P[note 6] A N I[note 8] N
Inslee A P A A P A A A A P P P A P N A P I[note 8] N
Klobuchar P P P P A P A A P P P P A A P[note 6] P P I[note 8] I
Messam A A A A A A A P A A A A A A N A N N N
Moulton Out A A A A A A A P P A A A N A P I[note 13] N
O'Rourke A P P P A P P A P P P P P A P[note 14] P P I[note 12] I
Ryan P[note 15] Out A A A A A A A P P P A A A[note 4] A P I[note 8] N
Sanders A P P A P P A P P P P P P A P[note 9] P P I[note 5] I
Sestak Out A A A N A N I[note 8] N
Steyer Out A A N A P I[note 5] N
Swalwell Out A A A A A P P P P A W
Warren P P P P A P P P P P P P P P P[note 14] P P I[note 8] I
Williamson A A A A A A A P A P P A A A P[note 14] A P I[note 12] N
Yang A A A A A A A P A P P A A A P[note 14] A N I[note 12] N

Incidents and controversy

Climate change debate

Jay Inslee proposed that the DNC dedicate one of its presidential debates to climate change,[132] giving candidates a chance to elaborate in full detail on how they intend to implement climate action and achieve the goals presented by the Green New Deal (a progressive climate resolution proposed by Democratic members of congress in the House).[133] Recent polls of both Democratic voters and the electorate in general had identified this topic to be of the highest importance (i.e. a CNN poll[134] found 80% of Democrats wanted presidential candidates to make climate change a top priority, and a Morning Consult poll[135] of registered voters nationwide found that 63% said it's either important or a top priority for Congress to pass a bill to address climate change). Despite support from seven other candidates (Sanders, Warren, Gillibrand, Castro, Bennet, Delaney[136] and Moulton),[137] several progressive and environmental groups (Sierra Club, CREDO Action, Sunrise Movement, Friends of the Earth Action, Public Citizen, 350 Action, MoveOn, Youth Climate Strike), at least two dozen Democratic lawmakers from the House/Senate,[133] and over 52,000 signatories of a petition,[138] the DNC turned down the idea of limiting some of their debates to only one debate topic.[139][2] On June 29, 2019, however, the DNC referred to a committee a proposal "calling for an official debate on climate change". It was reported that the DNC would vote on this proposal on August 23.[140]

Bullock qualification for the first debate

According to the official qualification rules published and updated by the DNC respectively on February 14 and May 9,[24] and the rule guidance given by the DNC on June 10/11,[64] there was no official public release of an additional rule, that "polls based on open-ended questions will not be considered". This additional rule was initially just orally communicated between DNC chairman Tom Perez and the Bullock campaign in March 2019, and was only publicly confirmed via a statement to a Politico reporter on June 6,[27] but was never confirmed in writing by any primary DNC sources ahead of the qualification deadline.[141] The Bullock campaign wrote a certification letter to the DNC on June 12, claiming that Bullock qualified for participation in the first debate through the polling criteria (as they believed an open-ended poll from ABC News/Washington Post should be counted as a third qualifying poll - according to the official published rules).[142] Had Bullock been ultimately determined to have qualified by the DNC, then 21 total candidates would have qualified by the polling criteria, which would have triggered the tiebreak rules, leading to Bullock and Swalwell being tied equally for the last 20th spot with 1% as the highest polling average and three polls with a result at minimum 1%. In that scenario, the DNC would either have had to accept inviting 21 candidates, or invent a supplementing final tiebreak rule (i.e. drawing lots for the last spot, or deciding the further tie by their number of unique donors).[141] Ultimately, Bullock was determined not to have qualified for the first debate,[22] though he qualified for the second debate.[66]

Big Ideas Forum stage invasion

During the Big Ideas Forum on June 1, a 24-year-old animal rights activist named Aidan Cook stole Sen. Kamala Harris's microphone while she answered a question about equal pay.[143] Security officials and Harris's husband removed Cook from the stage. After the incident, Sen. Cory Booker told CNN he watched the video and was upset with the interference saying, "He crossed a line, this election's going to go on and I'm really hoping that we see Secret Service and others begin to step in because that really could have been a horrifying moment. Kamala's like a sister to me, I love her and that makes me very upset."

Microphone complaints in first debate (second night)

Yang, Williamson, and Swalwell complained of microphone issues not allowing them to speak unless called upon when other candidates seemed to be able to freely interject at all times, though NBC/MSNBC denied the claim.[144] The issues spurred frustration from Yang supporters and prompted #LetYangSpeak to trend on Twitter much of the following day.[145]

DNC polling controversy

"In an email sent to campaigns by the DNC on Tuesday that was obtained by The Hill, the committee argued that a July 11 poll from NBC and The Wall Street Journal and a July 19 poll by NBC and SurveyMonkey, would only count as one poll because they were conducted by the same sponsor — NBC." This ruling was controversially disclosed by the DNC on July 30, less than one day after Andrew Yang had obtained 2% in four polls, rather than on July 19 when the second of these polls had been completed.[146]

Eric Garner protests in second debate

On the second night of the second debate, protesters motivated by the death of Eric Garner and the continued employment of Staten Island Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo shouted during de Blasio's opening remarks, and then entirely halted Booker's, disrupting the debate for nearly 30 seconds.[147]

Notes

  1. ^ Second night might be cancelled if fewer candidates qualify for the third debate.[17][18]
  2. ^ Air date: 10:00 A.M. ET/9:00 A.M. CT June 16, 2019 on BET.[100]
  3. ^ This forum will also feature Bill Weld, a Republican candidate for president.
  4. ^ a b c d Appeared on Wednesday, July 17 in Cedar Rapids
  5. ^ a b c d Appeared and spoke on Sunday, August 11, 2019
  6. ^ a b c d Appeared on Monday, July 15 in Des Moines
  7. ^ a b Appeared and spoke on Thursday, August 8, 2019
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i Appeared and spoke on Saturday, August 10, 2019
  9. ^ a b c d Appeared on Saturday, July 20 in Council Bluffs
  10. ^ Appeared and spoke on Tuesday, August 13, 2019
  11. ^ a b c Appeared on Tuesday, July 16 in Davenport
  12. ^ a b c d e f Appeared and spoke on Friday, August 9, 2019
  13. ^ Appeared and spoke on Saturday, August 17, 2019
  14. ^ a b c d Appeared on Friday, July 19 in Sioux City
  15. ^ Although Ryan was not a formal candidate at the time, he participated in the Heartland forum.
  1. ^ The drawing of lots happened from two tier groups (with the top tier comprising all qualified candidates with a polling average of over 2%, and the other tier comprising the rest), so that each tier was evenly split between each of the two debate nights.[53]
  2. ^ The drawing of lots happened from two tier groups (with the top tier comprising all qualified candidates with a polling average of over 2%, and the other tier comprising the rest), so that each tier was evenly split between each of the two debate nights.[53]
  3. ^ The drawing of lots happened from three tier groups (with the top tier comprising all qualified candidates with a polling average of over 15%), so that each tier was evenly split between each of the two debate nights.
  4. ^ The drawing of lots happened from three tier groups (with the top tier comprising all qualified candidates with a polling average of over 15%), so that each tier was evenly split between each of the two debate nights.

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