A national poll qualifying for the Jan. 14 presidential debate hasn’t been released in two weeks, and an early state qualifying poll hasn’t come out since November. With just a week left before the final polling and donor deadline, only five 2020 candidates have secured a spot on the debate stage. The Democratic National Committee refuses to do anything about it, at the peril of its own voters.

Right now the stage includes Joe Biden, who commands the field with nearly 30% of the vote nationally; Bernie Sanders, who follows at nearly 20% primary support; Elizabeth Warren, who has waned to around 15%; Pete Buttigieg, who has plateaued around the 10% mark; and Amy Klobuchar, who polls around 3% or 4% nationally but double that in Iowa.