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Democratic National Committee
October 8, 2019

DNC Announces Details For Fifth Democratic Presidential Primary Debate

MSNBC, The Washington Post to host fifth Democratic presidential primary debate in Georgia on November 20
 
Today, the DNC announced that MSNBC and The Washington Post will co-host the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate, which will be held in Georgia on November 20. The debate will also be carried live on Urban One. The deadline for qualifying polls and donations for the November debate will be November 13 at 11:59pm. Venue, format and moderators will be announced at a future date. 
 
The debate will air live exclusively on MSNBC, and livestream across NBC News and MSNBC digital platforms on the web, mobile and connected TVs and on The Washington Post web and mobile apps. In addition to Urban One, the debate will also be available in audio through SiriusXM Channel 118, and TuneIn. Broadcast partners are fully committed to providing accessible communications for deaf and disabled audiences as well.
 
QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR THE NOVEMBER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE

To qualify for the November debate, candidates must meet one of two polling requirements (“Polling Threshold”) and the unique donor requirement (“Grassroots Fundraising Threshold”) as detailed below.

  • Polling Threshold. To meet the Polling Threshold for the Organization Debate, candidates must meet either the “Four-Poll Threshold” or the “Early State Polling Threshold” as described below:
    • Four-Poll Threshold. Receive 3% or more support in at least four polls (which may be national polls, or single-state polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, 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 5% or more support in two single-state polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, 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.

For a poll to be counted towards the Four-Poll Threshold or Early State Polling Threshold, it must meet each of the four requirements described below (“Qualifying Poll Criteria”):

  • Each poll must be sponsored by one of the following 15 entities or pairs of entities (“Qualifying Poll Sponsors”): Associated Press; ABC News/Washington Post; CBS News/YouGov; CNN; Des Moines Register; Fox News; Monmouth University; National Public Radio; NBC News/Wall Street Journal; NBC News/Marist; New York Times; Quinnipiac University; University of New Hampshire; 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 poll sponsor to this list in the near future.
  • Each poll must be publicly released between September 13, 2019 and 11:59 P.M. on November 13, 2019. 
  • 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.

2. Grassroots Fundraising Threshold. To meet the Grassroots Fundraising Threshold, candidates must submit a certification, executed by the candidate’s campaign Treasurer, by 11 A.M. on the day that marks six days before the date of the November debate demonstrating that the campaign has received donations from at least (1) 165,000 unique donors; and (2) a minimum of 600 unique donors per state in at least 20 U.S. states, U.S. territories, or the District of Columbia. Qualifying donations must be received by 11:59 P.M. on November 13, 2019. An acceptable certification must provide or attach adequate verifiable evidence to show that the fundraising threshold has been reached and may include verification from ActBlue or NGP VAN regarding the campaign’s fundraising.
Friends of Andrew Yang
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October 8, 2019
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Matt Shinners

ANDREW YANG QUALIFIES FOR NOVEMBER DEBATE IN FOURTH QUALIFYING POLL

NEW YORK, NY  — Today, presidential candidate Andrew Yang qualified for the November Democratic primary debate in a new qualifying poll released by Quinnipiac University.

In the fourth and final qualifying poll, Yang polled at 3%, putting him in 5th place. He’s now the eighth candidate to qualify for the November debate.

“We have the Candidate. We have the message. We have the momentum. Andrew Yang will keep being the story of the election as he brings his 21st century solutions to that debate stage,” said Campaign Manager Zach Graumann.

Yang recently closed the end of the third fundraising quarter with $10 million in donations and $6.3 million cash on hand. 

When the DNC announced the fifth debate qualification criteria on September 23, Yang had already surpassed the grassroots fundraising requirement of 165,000 unique donors. At the end of the third fundraising quarter on Monday, Sept. 30, Yang had 300,000 unique donors and a $30 average donation amount.

The fifth Democratic debate will take place in Westerville, Ohio, on Tuesday, Oct. 15.  

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Tom Steyer 2020
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Sunday, October 6, 2019

Tom Steyer Qualifies for November Debate

(Des Moines, Oct 6, 2019)--Today, presidential candidate Tom Steyer officially qualified for the Democratic National Committee debate in November. A Fox News poll released this morning shows Steyer at 4% in South Carolina, making it his 4th qualifying poll. Steyer is one of only 7 candidates to qualify thus far for the November debate.  

“Tom’s support is accelerating faster than any other candidate in the field in the early states where voters have had a chance to hear his message, Tom is surging because he’s not part of the establishment and his message of ending the corporate takeover of our government is resonating,” Campaign Manager Heather Hargreaves said. “Tom is excited to continue getting out there and meeting with voters all across the country, hearing their stories, and connecting with them personally, and we are thrilled to see him on stage sharing his vision with the full country at the DNC debate in Ohio on October 15th and in November.”  

Steyer announced his campaign on July 9, and had already surpassed the necessary 165,000 donor threshold by the time the DNC had announced the minimum number needed. The Morning Consult poll has consistently shown Tom at 6% among early state voters.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2019

Cory 2020 Announces Crossing 165,000 Unique Donor Threshold to Qualify for November DNC Debate

After Day 8 of Make-or-Break Push, Campaign is Less Than $150,000 from  $1.7 Million Goal

Newark, NJ — As Cory 2020 entered the 9th day of its make-or-break 10-day fundraising push, the campaign announced that it has crossed the 165,000 unique donor threshold needed to qualify for the Democratic National Committee’s November debate.

On Saturday of last week, campaign manager Addisu Demissie alerted supporters in an urgent memo that the campaign had to raise $1.7 million by September 30th to build the infrastructure necessary to compete to win the Democratic nomination. 

As of 9am ET on Sunday morning, the campaign has raised $1,550,077.38 since the memo was sent, putting it less than $150,000 from its goal.

“As we grow closer to our $1.7 million goal, we’re happy to announce that Cory 2020 has also crossed the 165,000 unique donor threshold to qualify for November’s DNC-sponsored debate,” said Cory 2020 campaign manager Addisu Demissie. “We’re humbled and grateful for the outpouring of support from across our country as we close in on our $1.7 million goal.”

Here are the campaign’s day-end fundraising totals since the push began, as of midnight last night, the end of Day 8:

Day 8 Totals as of 11:59pm ET on Saturday, September 28, 2019:

Total Raised: $1,540,615.48
Total Online: $1,055,424.00
Percent to Goal: 90.6%
Total Donations: 34,742

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