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Section sizes Section size for 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates (73 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 842 842 Overview 3,048 37,576 Schedule 22,659 22,659 Participation 11,869 11,869 Debates in 2019 23 117,668 First debates (June 26–27, 2019) 44 28,272 Qualification 18,337 18,337 Summary 9,891 9,891 Second debates (July 30–31, 2019) 45 20,682 Qualification 11,215 11,215 Summary 7,509 7,509 Participation 1,913 1,913 Third debate (September 12, 2019) 43 18,415 Qualification 15,399 15,399 Summary 2,973 2,973 Fourth debate (October 15, 2019) 42 15,959 Qualification 8,497 8,497 Summary 7,420 7,420 Fifth debate (November 20, 2019) 41 14,678 Qualification 11,852 11,852 Summary 2,785 2,785 Sixth debate (December 19, 2019) 41 19,639 Qualification 12,461 12,461 Summary 7,137 7,137 Debates in 2020 23 78,567 Seventh debate (January 14, 2020) 42 12,951 Qualification 9,746 9,746 Summary 3,163 3,163 Eighth debate (February 7, 2020) 41 15,039 Qualification 10,446 10,446 Summary 4,552 4,552 Ninth debate (February 19, 2020) 41 18,893 Qualification 8,938 8,938 Summary 9,914 9,914 Tenth debate (February 25, 2020) 41 16,786 Qualification 7,735 7,735 Summary 9,010 9,010 Eleventh debate (March 15, 2020) 7,646 10,691 Qualification 2,193 2,193 Summary 852 852 Cancelled twelfth debate 4,184 4,184 Incidents and controversies 34 42,800 Climate change debate 4,946 4,946 Steve Bullock's qualification for first debate 2,611 2,611 Debate protests 25 2,694 Second debate protest 761 761 Third debate protest 1,102 1,102 Ninth debate protest 443 443 Tenth debate protest 363 363 Tulsi Gabbard disputes with DNC 41 11,340 Pollster selection and poll frequency 3,475 3,475 Qualifying polls for October debate 3,036 3,036 Threatened boycotts 1,923 1,923 Eleventh debate qualification 2,865 2,865 Andrew Yang disputes 30 4,110 Microphone complaints in first debate 643 643 Yang qualification for third debate 911 911 Yang disputes with MSNBC 1,864 1,864 Yang qualification for seventh debate 662 662 Sixth debate labor disputes 1,804 1,804 2020 debates rule-change petition 1,662 1,662 Seventh debate moderation controversies 4,408 4,408 Michael Bloomberg's debate inclusion 968 6,010 DNC debate qualification rules change 1,049 1,049 Other candidates' reactions to Bloomberg's inclusion 3,993 3,993 Criticisms about the tenth debate 43 1,781 Alleged influence efforts by Bloomberg 989 989 Moderation 749 749 Criticisms about the eleventh debate 46 1,400 Announcement of change from prior format 1,354 1,354 See also 196 196 Notes 54 54 References 397 397 Total 278,100 278,100

I don't think that was initially a typo; as far as I can tell, by the time the drawing took place Castro had 3 polls that were all at 2%. At the same time, in trying to do due diligence and find a source on who was in which tier for the first debate draw, the lack of press at the event poses something of a problem. This Politico article and this FiveThirtyEight article (both from June 14) list out eight candidates for the first (2% or above) tier: "Biden, Booker, Buttigieg, Harris, Klobuchar, O’Rourke, Sanders and Warren." This leaves out Castro, who should have already had his third 2% result from this CNN poll, released June 4 (on top of this Fox poll from May and this Monmouth poll of Iowa from April).

In the absence of a source saying who was actually in which tier from the event itself, it's not clear to me if we should rely on the sources indicating Castro would have been in the second tier, or the apparent fact that his polling should have placed him in the first tier. Does anyone have a more authoritative listing of who was in which tier, or a notion of which should actually be used?Gambling8nt (talk) 15:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]