The DNC's stricter new requirements for presidential contenders to appear in party debates this fall triggered swift backlash from candidates, many of whom are now in danger of being cut from the showcase events in September and October
The Democratic National Committee’s stricter new requirements for presidential contenders to appear in party debates this fall triggered swift backlash Wednesday from Democratic candidates, many of whom are now in danger of being cut from the showcase events in September and October.
The rules are also reshuffling spending priorities among less-prominent candidates, some of whom have shifted plans to hire organizers based in Iowa or New Hampshire in order to pour money into donation-generating digital advertising.Sign Up Ads about making the debate stage have comprised the biggest slice of Democratic presidential advertising on Facebook, according to data from Bully Pulpit Interactive, a Democratic digital firm.
But the newer thresholds highlights the difficulty the parties — and the candidates — have with a field of two dozen candidates, some of whom are building national campaigns and some of whom appear more focused on using the presidential race as a platform. DNC Chairman Tom Perez has also long intimated that requirements to qualify for later debates would get steeper.
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