Tulsi Gabbard qualifies for the October debate, bringing the range to 12

Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii became the 12th Democratic presidential candidate to qualify for the October debate following the publication of a poll Tuesday 2% support in New Hampshire.

In order to gain a spot on the stage in Ohio next month, applicants must secure donations of 130,000 people and get support of at least 2% in four eligible polls. Ms. Gabbard crossed the donor threshold in early August, but has just received her fourth eligible survey, one week before the October 1st deadline set by the National Democratic Committee.

Thanks to its status in the poll released Tuesday, a survey of Monmouth University on New Hampshire voters likely to participate in the Democratic presidential primaryGabbard will be invited to join the 10 candidates who took part in the September debate alongside Tom Steyer, a billionaire and former hedge fund investor, also qualified. The debate will be held at the Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on the 15th and possibly on October 16th. It will be hosted by CNN and the New York Times.

It is not yet clear whether the debate will take place over two nights, but the inclusion of Ms. Gabbard adds to this possibility. The debates in June and July brought together 20 candidates spread over two evenings. after the D.N.C. tightened its qualification requirements for the fall, this month's debate was held with 10 candidates in one evening.

Although Ms. Gabbard had qualified for the October debate on Tuesday, other campaigns were already considering the next debate, scheduled for November.

The Monmouth poll According to an analysis by the Times, five candidates got their tickets for the November debate: former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Senator Kamala Harris of California and Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind.

To be included in the During the November debate, candidates must receive donations of at least 165,000 people and meet one of the following two voting conditions: they must receive support of 3% in four national ballots or eligible advance states , or 5% support in two voting states – Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. The five candidates who qualified for the November debate all surpassed the donor threshold and met voting standards with the publication of Tuesday's vote in New Hampshire.

For weeks, there were only a few elections left for Ms. Gabbard before the fall debates and, as it became clear that she would not be allowed to participate in the September event, her campaign started publicly challenging the D.N.C. Like some of her rivals at the time of the appointment, Ms. Gabbard received support of 2% or more in several of the polls. does not count for the qualification of debate, and his campaign vehemently defended that some should.

A CBS / YouGov Survey of Registered Democrats in New Hampshire released Earlier this month, Ms. Warren, Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders showed that their statistics were as close as possible, each with the support of about one in four respondents.