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Next Democratic Presidential Debate to Feature Expanded Field

Six candidates qualify for December 19 debate in Los Angeles

Seven Democratic presidential candidates will participate in the fifth Democratic presidential debate, which will be held on December 19, 2019, in Los Angeles, California.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the qualifying candidates on December 4, 2019. The candidates who qualified for the debate are:

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Businessman Tom Steyer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

The debate will be held at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. It will be the fifth debate in the Democratic primary season and the first debate since October 15, 2019.

The debate will be broadcast live on CNN. It will also be streamed live on CNN.com and the CNN app.

The DNC has set a polling threshold and a fundraising threshold for candidates to qualify for the debate. To qualify, candidates must have received at least 4% support in at least four national polls approved by the DNC and must have raised at least $1 million from at least 200,000 individual donors.

The field of Democratic presidential candidates has been expanding in recent months, with several candidates entering the race after the first debate was held in June 2019. The addition of six new candidates to the debate stage will make for a crowded and competitive debate.

The Democratic primary is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in recent history. The large field of candidates and the diversity of their views on the issues make it difficult to predict who will emerge as the nominee.

The next Democratic presidential debate will be a key moment in the primary race. The candidates will have a chance to make their case to voters and to differentiate themselves from their rivals. The debate is also likely to provide voters with a better understanding of the candidates' positions on the issues.