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Tue Dec 31, 2019, 08:51 AM Dec 2019

In Leaked Memo, Andrew Yang Asks DNC for More Debate Polls

https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-leaked-memo-andrew-yang-asks-dnc-boss-tom-perez-for-more-debate-polls?ref=home

Andrew Yang is urging the Democratic National Committee to take an unorthodox step in its debate oversight process: commission more polling over the next several days.

In a letter sent to DNC Chairman Tom Perez on Dec. 21, obtained by The Daily Beast, the Democratic contender calls for the DNC to commission four early-state polls before Jan. 10 as part of an effort to encourage more diversity on the debate stage in Iowa.


“With the upcoming holidays and meager number of polls currently out in the field, a diverse set of candidates might be absent from the stage in Des Moines for reasons out of anyone’s control,” Yang wrote. “This is a troubling prospect for our party. Regardless of the DNC’s best intentions, voters would cry foul and could even make unfounded claims of bias and prejudice.”

Yang, who qualified for the first six debates but has yet to reach the polling threshold for the seventh, was the only candidate of color on stage at the recent Los Angeles event.


Booker, incidentally, has joined Yang in this call:


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It was very odd for them to extend the qualification window back two weeks. redqueen Jan 2020 #1

redqueen

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1. It was very odd for them to extend the qualification window back two weeks.
Wed Jan 1, 2020, 01:36 PM
Jan 2020

Which ensured Steyer and Klobuchar qualified.

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