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Democratic National Committee
January 31, 2020
DNC Announces Qualification Criteria For Nevada Democratic Presidential Primary Debate
The DNC today released the qualification criteria for participation in the ninth Democratic presidential primary debate, which will air on NBC News and MSNBC.To qualify for the Nevada debate stage, candidates may qualify either by (1) meeting a delegate threshold, or (2) meeting a polling threshold. Qualifying polls for the Nevada debate will include national polling and polling in Nevada and South Carolina. A candidate’s support in Iowa and New Hampshire will be reflected through the results of those contests. The qualifying window for polls begins on January 15, 2020 and ends at 11:59pm Eastern Time on February 18, 2020.
The official threshold rules are below:
QUALIFICATION
CRITERIA FOR THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE IN NEVADA
To qualify for the February 19, 2020 Democratic presidential primary
debate in Nevada (“Nevada Debate”), candidates must meet the “Delegate
Threshold” or the “Polling Threshold,” as detailed below. I. Delegate Threshold
- the state of Iowa, based on the results of the February 3rd, 2020 Iowa caucuses, as reported and calculated by the Iowa Democratic Party; or
- the state of New Hampshire, based on the results of the February 11, 2020 primary election, as calculated and reported by the Associated Press.
- Four-Poll Threshold. Receive 10% or more support in at least four polls (which may be national polls, or single-state polls of South Carolina, and/or Nevada) meeting the Qualifying Poll Criteria described below. To meet the Four-Poll Threshold, each one of a candidate’s four qualifying polls must be sponsored by different Qualifying Poll Sponsors, or if by the same Qualifying Poll Sponsor, must be in different geographical areas.
- Early State Polling Threshold. Receive 12% or more support in two single-state polls in South Carolina and/or Nevada that meet the Qualifying Poll Criteria described below. To meet the Early State Polling Threshold, any candidate’s two qualifying polls may be in the same or different geographical areas and from the same or different Qualifying Poll Sponsors.
- Each poll must be sponsored by one of the following 14
entities or pairs of entities (“Qualifying Poll Sponsors”): Associated
Press; ABC News/Washington Post; CBS News/YouGov; CNN; Fox News;
Monmouth University; National Public Radio; NBC News/Wall Street
Journal; NBC News/Marist; New York Times; Nevada Independent/Mellman
Group; Quinnipiac University; USA Today/Suffolk University; Winthrop
University. For individual entities that are included only in
Qualifying Poll Sponsor pairs but are not listed individually,
independent polling by such individual entities or polling conducted in
new partnerships with such individual entities shall not meet the
Qualifying Poll Criteria. The DNC reserves the right to add a Nevada-specific or South Carolina-specific poll sponsor to this list in the near future.
- Each poll must be publicly released between January 15, 2020 and 11:59 P.M. on February 18, 2020.
- 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 top-line number listed in the original public release from the approved Qualifying Poll Sponsor, whether or not it is a rounded or weighted number.
Mike Bloomberg 2020
January 31, 2020
STATEMENT FROM MIKE BLOOMBERG 2020 CAMPAIGN MANAGER KEVIN SHEEKEY ON THE DNC’S UPDATED GUIDELINES FOR DEBATE PARTICIPATION
Today, the DNC announced new qualifications for the Nevada debate, which eliminates the individual donor requirement. In response, Mike Bloomberg 2020 Campaign Manager Kevin Sheekey issued the following statement:“We are thrilled that voters could soon have the chance to see Mike Bloomberg on the debate stage, hear his vision for the country, and see why he is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump and bring our country together.
“Mike has run for office three times and never taken a dime from special interests, allowing him to act independently, on the merits, without having to do what donors expect. He is proud to be doing the same with this campaign.”
Mike has been rising in the polls, most recently reaching 10% nationally and overall in fourth place in a crowded field, despite entering the race less than two months ago.
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RNC Steve Guest - Communications/Research
DNC dumpster fire
2020 Democrats seem to universally despise the DNC right now, and for good reason.
5 days before Michael Bloomberg announced his 2020 bid, he backed up a Brink’s truck to DNC HQ and unloaded. And now the DNC has changed their debate criteria to benefit Michael Bloomberg.
Cue the outrage from 2020 campaigns:
Trouble is also brewing among Democrat
Party unity: While DNC Chair Tom Perez called AOC the “future” of the Democrat party,
AOC “groans” at the prospect of a Joe
Biden presidency and says that in any other country, her and Biden
wouldn’t be in the same party.
Meanwhile, at the RNC, we had our best December in history, capping off our best-ever non-presidential year.
Meanwhile, at the RNC, we had our best December in history, capping off our best-ever non-presidential year.
December |
Debt |
Cycle To Date |
Cash On Hand |
|
RNC |
$0 |
$241.1M |
$72M |
|
DNC |
$6.6M |
$92.3M |
$10.1M |
In December, the RNC raised 3 times the
DNC, we’ve raised over 2.5 times the DNC haul cycle to date, and we
have 7 times more cash on hand.
What are we doing with these resources?
We’re continuing to build the largest field program and data operation in RNC history and we’ve already knocked on one million doors.
What are we doing with these resources?
We’re continuing to build the largest field program and data operation in RNC history and we’ve already knocked on one million doors.
Why does all this matter?
No matter which Democrat becomes their nominee, they will be battered and bruised from a long primary, forced to embrace the radical positions of their party. Their nominee will have no infrastructure or data to inherit from the broke DNC.
Both of those things take time and money of which the DNC doesn’t have..
Bottom Line: While Democrats and the DNC fight amongst themselves, the RNC continues to forge ahead, outpacing their field efforts, all in an effort to re-elect President Trump and Republicans up and down the ballot in November
P.S. The DNC hasn’t learned from their 2016 ways: They’re trying to rig it against Bernie again.