Candidates need 130,000 donors and 4 polls showing them at 2% or higher to qualify for the September and October debates.
Gone too are the earlier, wilder days of the campaign when anyone seemed like they could be the next breakout star .
At least 26 candidates declared their intentions to seek the Democratic presidential nomination over the past year, the largest in history for either party. But five recently dropped out, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday evening, and more are expected to follow as the prospect of making future debate stages grows dim.
The DNC has said the rules were intended to make candidates demonstrate the high levels of support they would need to take on President Donald Trump in the general election next year. Candidates who entered the race late seemed to have an especially difficult time building the large online fundraising lists and name recognition necessary to make the stage.
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