Former President Donald Trump Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy former Vice President Mike Pence. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have each reached or higher in at least two qualifying national polls and two qualifying state polls from separate states. Candidates must also meet fundraising criteria and sign a pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee in order to qualify for the August debate in Milwaukee. Pence is the only candidate who has met the polling threshold but says he has not reached the fundraising threshold. No other candidate has hit in a qualifying poll so far. The new Fox Business polls from Iowa and South Carolina show Trump with a commanding lead over the rest of the field in both states. The surveys were conducted July among likely Republican caucusgoers in Iowa and likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina and each had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus . percentage points. Their overall methodology appears to meet the RNCs standards for recognized polling. In South Carolina of likely GOP primary voters picked Trump in the Fox Business poll compared with for Haley for deSantis and for Scott. In the Hawkeye State oflikely GOP caucusgoers backed the former president compared to for DeSantos and Scott. If you cant hit these metrics by late August you have absolutely no chance of defeating Joe Biden in the general election. Were not there yet the former vice president told s Dana Bash on State of the Union in an interview that aired Sunday. We will make it. I will see you at that debate stage. The former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is one national poll away from doing so. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum needs two national polls. Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez each need one state and two national poll to qualify. The remaining GOP candidates who have not yet reached the polling criteria are former Texas Gov. Will. Hurd, former Texas. Rep. Francis Suarez, and former Texas Mayor Will. Suarez. No one has yet met the fundraising criteria of unique donors with at least unique contributors from or more states and territories. If an outsider can clear the bar politically experienced candidates should be able to as well if you can’t hit the criteria you have no hope of beating Joe Biden at the end of the year. The GOP presidential hopefuls for are making their cases before the Christians United for Israel CUFI summit on July in Arlington Virginia. The event was hosted by the proIsraeli group and is open to members of the military, academics, clergy, business leaders, and the media. It is expected to take place on August 8th and 9th at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. and at the Washington Convention Center in New York, New York and Washington, DC. The cost of the event is $10,000 per person and includes a $1,000 donation from the Republican National Committee (RNC) and $2,000 from the Democratic Party (DNC).
7 Republican candidates meet polling criteria for first RNC debate. 7 GOP candidates meet criteria to be considered for first GOP presidential debate.
