Joseph R. Biden Jr. Biden
Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg
Marianne Williamson Williamson
There are so many Democratic presidential candidates and debates that it can be hard to keep track of who’s in and who’s out. So we’re keeping track for you.
Only seven candidates qualified for the next debate, which will be held on Dec. 19 in Los Angeles. (Kamala Harris also qualified, but dropped out of the race.) The D.N.C. has not yet released its requirements for the January and February debates.
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To score an invite, candidates had to meet a donor requirement:
contributions from 200,000 unique donors.
And one of two polling requirements:
two polls at 6 percent or more in the four early nominating states: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina; or
four polls at 4 percent or more in early nominating states or national surveys.
Only polls released between Oct. 16 and Dec. 12 counted.
| Joseph R. Biden Jr. Biden | yes | 11 | 18 | |
| Bernie Sanders Sanders | yes | 11 | 18 | |
| Elizabeth Warren Warren | yes | 11 | 18 | |
| Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg | yes | 10 | 17 | |
| Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg | no | 0 | 2 | |
| Amy Klobuchar Klobuchar | yes | 1 | 7 | |
| Andrew Yang Yang | yes | 0 | 4 | |
| Cory Booker Booker | yes | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Steyer Steyer | yes | 0 | 4 | |
| Julián Castro Castro | yes | 0 | 0 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard Gabbard | yes | 1 | 3 |
On the cusp |
| Michael Bennet Bennet | no | 0 | 0 | |
| John Delaney Delaney | no | 0 | 0 | |
| Marianne Williamson Williamson | no | 0 | 0 | |
| Deval Patrick Patrick | no | 0 | 0 |
The Democratic National Committee has made it progressively harder to qualify for debates, narrowing the field of candidates invited onstage.
| June | July | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | |
| Joseph R. Biden Jr. Biden | ||||||
| Bernie Sanders Sanders | ||||||
| Elizabeth Warren Warren | ||||||
| Pete Buttigieg Buttigieg | ||||||
| Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg | ||||||
| Amy Klobuchar Klobuchar | ||||||
| Andrew Yang Yang | ||||||
| Cory Booker Booker | ||||||
| Tom Steyer Steyer | ||||||
| Julián Castro Castro | ||||||
| Tulsi Gabbard Gabbard | ||||||
| Michael Bennet Bennet | ||||||
| John Delaney Delaney | ||||||
| Marianne Williamson Williamson | ||||||
| Deval Patrick Patrick | ||||||
| Kamala Harris Harris |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Steve Bullock Bullock |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Joe Sestak Sestak |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Wayne Messam Messam |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Beto O'Rourke O'Rourke |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Tim Ryan Ryan |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Bill de Blasio de Blasio |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Kirsten Gillibrand Gillibrand |
DROPPED OUT |
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| John Hickenlooper Hickenlooper |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Jay Inslee Inslee |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Seth Moulton Moulton |
DROPPED OUT |
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| Eric Swalwell Swalwell |
DROPPED OUT |