It's official: as of Mon., six Republican presidential candidates have qualified for the first GOP debate in Aug.. (FTE)
The RNC is set to host its first 2024 primary debate on Aug. 23 in Wisconsin—a key state that Trump lost in 2020.
To qualify for the debate, candidates had to: 📊Earn 1% support in 3 polls 💰Attain 40K donors, with 200 from 20 states
Want to know who made the cut for the first 2024 Republican primary debate? Here's a quick GIF rundown.
1. Former Pres. Trump leads the 2024 GOP field in polling, with an average 51% support, per FiveThirtyEight.
According to the NYT, Trump also leads the field in fundraising, raising $35M+ in the second quarter.
2. Trailing Trump in national and early state polls is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with an average 18.9% support. (FTE)
DeSantis is also second to Trump in fundraising: per the NYT, DeSantis raised $20M+ in the first six weeks of his campaign.
3. Third-place candidate Vivek Ramaswamy also qualified for the first debate with an avg. 6.4% support in the polls. (FTE)
Ramaswamy's campaign is largely self-funded: per a July FEC filing, he gave $5M+ to his own campaign in the second quarter.
4. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the fourth-highest polling candidate to make the cut for the debate stage.
According to FiveThirtyEight's poll average, Christie is polling in fourth with an average 3.5% support nationwide.
5. Trailing Christie by 0.1 points is former SC Gov. Nikki Haley, with an average 3.4% support in the polls. (FTE)
According to the NYT, Haley raised $7.3M+ in the second quarter; as of July, her campaign has $9.3M+ on hand.
6. SC Sen. Tim Scott also made the cut for the debate stage in Aug., earning an average 3.2% support in the polls. (FTE)
Scott's war chest is strong: he entered the 2024 race in May with $22M+ from his Senate campaign. (NYT)