Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii did not have promising results in the Iowa caucuses Monday evening.
Gabbard has not yet reached the qualification threshold for February's debate, which will be held on the seventh, four days prior to the New Hampshire primary election. As of this writing, seven candidates—former Vice President Joe Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and businessman Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer—have qualified for that debate.
To qualify, candidates must have contributions from at least 225,000 unique donors and either two polls showing 7 percent or more in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina or four polls showing 5 percent or more in those early-nominating states or nationally. So far, Gabbard has not met the donor threshold, and has only two state or national polls showing at least 5 percent.
Only three—Biden, Sanders and Warren—have yet qualified for the February 19 debate. This debate drops the donor requirement, but boosts the polling requirements to two polls at 12 percent or more in Nevada or South Carolina, or four polls at 10 percent or more in those states or nationally. As of yet, Gabbard has no qualifying polls for this debate.
The campaign of Rep.Tulsi Gabbard, shown here on the steps of the House of Representatives, faces a difficult road coming out of the Iowa caucuses.Both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary are seen as do-or-die moments for many second-tier candidates. Should Gabbard not do well in the New Hampshire election, it's possible she will suspend her campaign and endorse another candidate.
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