The Democratic presidential primary already threatens to rival the 2016 Republican field as the messiest in American politics. The Democratic field already has 24 contenders, contrary to the mere 16 of the GOP, and half today’s candidates have ran a mile and a half to the left of the average American voter.

Because the party will have a vested interest in whittling down the field and, by every polling measure, voters seem largely undecided, the primary debates will hold an outsize influence. But by every indication, they’re bound to be a train wreck.