Yang becomes eighth Democrat to qualify for November presidential debate

Former tech executive Andrew Yang became the eighth candidate to qualify for the fifth Democratic presidential debate next month after a poll released on Tuesday showed him with 3 percent support nationally. 

To make the debate stage in November, candidates have to amass support from at least 165,000 unique donors and register at least 3 percent in four qualifying polls or 5 percent in two early-state polls. 

{mosads}Yang had already surpassed the donor threshold. His campaign said last week that more than 300,000 individuals had contributed to his presidential bid. 

And a survey from Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday gave him the fourth qualifying survey he needed to make the cut for the November debate. That poll showed him with 3 percent support, tied with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) for fifth place in the Democratic nominating contest.

Yang celebrated the debate qualification in a tweet on Tuesday, saying that his campaign’s “momentum is growing every day.”

And we have qualified for the November debate!! Thank you #YangGang for making this happen – the momentum is growing every day!!! https://t.co/wah6RYl6Fc

— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) October 8, 2019

Seven other candidates have already qualified for the November debate: Harris, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer.