How Democrats might lock Andrew Yang out of the debate again

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Based on the Democratic National Committee’s latest announcement, it seems that Andrew Yang will once again be locked out of the next presidential debate.

Despite polling in sixth place nationally at nearly 4%, Yang failed to make the January debate because of a critical dearth of DNC-approved polling. Thanks to impeachment, pollsters have focused on national polling at the expense of early state polling, and they published fewer polls overall thanks to the normal lull of the holiday season. Only a dozen polls qualify so far for the Feb. 7 debate just before the crucial New Hampshire primary, and just two and a half weeks remain before the deadline.

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