Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumTulsi Gabbard tells Fox News host Tucker Carlson that DNC debate criteria isn't transparent
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is among the many Democratic presidential candidates who did not qualify for Septembers debate round by yesterdays deadline.
Now, she says that the criteria for making the debate stage lacks transparency.
Gabbard told Fox News Tucker Carlson that the whole thing gets a little bit confusing and youve got to jump way down into the weeds of the numbers and the statistics, but I think the bigger problem is that the whole process really lacks transparency.
The Democratic National Committee sets rules for candidates in order to qualify for each debate. While the first two rounds saw 20 candidates each, split into two nights of 10, the Sept. 12 debate criteria resulted in a much narrower pool. The guidelines for the third debate were announced in May, and 10 candidates qualified.
Candidates needed to receive donations from at least 130,000 unique donors, coming from at least 20 different states with at least 400 donors per state. And, candidates needed to poll at 2% or higher in at least four qualifying national or early primary state surveys.
https://news.yahoo.com/tulsi-gabbard-tells-fox-news-180039448.html
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)they're not being transparent.
I would say that, by going on Tucker's show to complain, she's being a bit transparent herself.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
thesquanderer
(11,953 posts)Here are the rules about qualifying polls:
Associated Press
ABC News
CBS News
CNN
Des Moines Register
Fox News
Monmouth University
NBC News
New York Times
National Public Radio
Quinnipiac University
University of New Hampshire
Wall Street Journal
USA Today
Washington Post
Winthrop University
So the non-transparent part is how those polls were chosen. That is, why count NPR (B- rated) but not Emerson (B+ rated) or YouGov (B rated)? (Counting Emerson and YouGov would have given Gabbard the other two qualifying polls she needed.) I'm not saying the DNC is wrong to not count them, I'm just pointing out that the selection criteria is not transparent.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueMTexpat
(15,348 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
msongs
(67,193 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
benld74
(9,888 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Indykatie
(3,691 posts)I'm a poll geek and check out all polling regardless of who does it or where it's from. I'd be hard pressed to find 1 poll with Tulsi polling 2% or higher let alone 26. Tulsi has strong GOP support so she had no trouble meeting fund raising thresholds. They couldn't get her over the polling threshold though.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,899 posts)the opposite of a polling geek!
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TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)She's just choosing to misrepresent them, it would seem.
https://democrats.org/news/third-debate/
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(295,899 posts)for Gabbard.
Come on! Going on racist tucker carlson's to complain about the "transparency" of Democratic Debates".. when it's not true.
Who does that help?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,172 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)...along with everyone she has working for her. Not a good look as a Democrat to go on Fox News complaining about transparency in regards to easily calculated public criterea.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
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djacq
(1,633 posts)Go on Fox News and whine.
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StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)are in Tucker's audience. I wonder who Gabbard thinks she's appealing to.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)There's usually a full-throated defense of Tulsi anytime she's criticized.
Sid
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Zambero
(8,954 posts)Is a strong and viable candidate. Ironic indeed that Gabbard will not commit to a debate with a primary challenger(s) given that her seat in Congress is at stake.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomCADem
(17,378 posts)It is odd how Tulsi Gabbard gets support from Russians and Republicans. Perhaps because the main thing she brings to the table is to attack Democrats and other Democratic candidates, except for Bernie, with a boost from foreign Russian outlets.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-clashes-with-view-co-hosts-on-tulsi-gabbard-shes-no-russian-stooge
The Republicans like her, and I think shes a real Trojan horse here because when you look at her record, in particular, shes apologized for it but she was very anti-LGBTQ community, co-host Sunny Hostin said Thursday on The View. She also has praised Trump for meeting with Kim Jong Un three times.
Thats why they like her, liberal host Joy Behar quipped.
Hostin, meanwhile, went on to highlight that Gabbard voted for a measure that would prevent Syrian refugees from settling in America, adding that the Democratic lawmaker also has refused to call Assad a war criminal.
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This prompted co-host Ana Navarro to note that she may just be paranoid but Gabbard has suddenly received a lot of support from people who used to dislike her tremendously. There is a lot of writings in Russia Today and Russian traffic around Tulsi, Navarro stated, referencing the notorious Russian propaganda media arm. There is something going on. I suspect its not knowingly by her because I think shes a decent human being who served this country, but Im paranoid.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden