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2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums

January 01, 1970

Debates and forums took place among candidates in the campaign for the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States in the 2024 United States presidential election. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has scheduled official RNC-sanctioned primary debates, while ABC News and CNN also announced sanctioned debates.

Debates edit

The RNC announced on June 20 that the first Republican presidential debate will take place at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 23.[1] The city and venue will also host the Republican Party National Convention from July 15–18, 2024.[2] It was announced on August 1 that the second debate would take place on September 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.[3] The RNC announced on September 22 that the third debate would place in Miami, Florida on November 8.[4] A fourth debate took place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on December 6[5] at the University of Alabama in the Moody Music Hall.[6]

The RNC's "Committee on Presidential Debates" announced on December 8 that it would not hold any debates in January[7] and it would allow candidates to participate in non-RNC sanctioned debates and forums, meaning that media organizations would be in charge of organizing them.[8] After the four debates organized by the RNC, news networks announced additional debates that are currently sanctioned by the RNC. CNN hosted one debate on January 10, 2024, at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa[9] (before the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses).

The ABC debate that was scheduled to take place at Saint Anselm College on January 18[10] was cancelled on January 16, as Haley refused to debate without Trump.[11] Similarly, another CNN debate that was scheduled to take place on January 21 at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire (before the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary),[12] was cancelled on January 17 for the same reason.[13]

There were a total of 13 major Republican candidates. Of these, 8 candidates participated in at least one debate. Only Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley participated in all the debates; Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy participated in all but the final debate.

Ratings edit

The following table lists the ratings (number of estimated viewers) of the debates to date.

Debate Date Viewers Network
1 August 23, 2023 12.8 million[14]–13 million[15] Fox News
2 September 27, 2023 9.5 million[16] Fox Business
3 November 8, 2023 7.5 million[17] NBC News
4 December 6, 2023 4.1 million[a] NewsNation[19]
The CW[20]
5 January 10, 2024 2.6 million[21] CNN[22]

Schedule edit

Debates among candidates for the 2024 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination
No. Date and time Place Host Participants

 P  Present  A  Absent
 N  Not invited  W  Withdrawn

Burgum Christie DeSantis Elder Haley Hurd Hutchinson Johnson Pence Ramaswamy Scott Suarez Trump
1[23] August 23, 2023
8 pm CDT 		Fiserv Forum
Milwaukee, WI 		Fox News
Rumble 		P P P N P N P N P P P N N[b]
2 September 27, 2023
6 pm PDT[26] 		Reagan Library
Simi Valley, CA 		Fox Business
Rumble
Univision 		P P P N P N N N P P P W N[c]
3 November 8, 2023
8 pm EST[28] 		Arsht Center
Miami, FL[28] 		NBC News[29]
Salem Radio Network
RJC
Rumble[30] 		N P P W P W N W W P P W N[d]
4 December 6, 2023
7 pm CST[20] 		University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL[20] 		NewsNation
The Megyn Kelly Show
The Washington Free Beacon
Rumble[19]
The CW[20] 		W P P W P W N W W P W W N[e]
5 January 10, 2024
9 pm EST[33] 		Drake University
Des Moines, IA 		CNN W W P W P W N W W N W W A[f]

August 23, 2023 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin edit

Qualified candidates for the first debate
Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria (per Politico)[35][36] Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria/
invited 		Additional
ref(s)
National polls State polls
Burgum Yes[37] Yes
(8 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(6 qualifying polls from 2 states) 		Yes[24] Yes [38]
Christie Yes[39] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[40] Yes [41]
DeSantis Yes[42] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes [41]
Haley Yes[43] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes [41]
Hutchinson Yes[44] Yes
(9 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(5 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[40] Yes [41]
Pence Yes[45] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[46] Yes [41]
Ramaswamy Yes[47] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[48] Yes [41]
Scott Yes[39] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes [41]
Trump Yes[42] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		No[24] No [41]
Suarez[g] Yes[51] Yes
(2 qualifying polls) 		No
(1 qualifying poll from 1 state) 		Yes[52] No
Johnson Yes[53] No
(1 qualifying poll) 		Yes
(2 qualifying polls from 2 states) 		Yes[54] No
Hurd Yes[55] No
(1 qualifying poll) 		Yes
(4 qualifying polls from 2 states) 		No[24] No
Elder[h] Yes[57] No
(1 qualifying poll) 		No
(1 qualifying poll from 1 state) 		Yes[58] No
 
The Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the eve of the 1st debate, August 2023.

The first Republican primary debate was aired by Fox News and held from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Central Time Zone on August 23, 2023, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.[1]

Criteria edit

On June 2, 2023, the RNC announced criteria to qualify for the first debate,[59] and it issued a clarification on July 18.[60] Participants had to meet the following criteria:[59]

  1. Be constitutionally eligible and appropriately filed with the Federal Election Commission.
  2. Sign the "Beat Biden Pledge" by August 21 indicating that they will not participate in any non-RNC debate and that they will support the eventual nominee.
  3. Prove to the RNC by August 21 that they have polled above one percent since July in three national polls – or in two national polls and one poll from each of two different early primary states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina). The polls must meet RNC stated standards.[60]
  4. Prove to the RNC by August 21 they have attracted donations from at least 40,000 individuals, with at least 200 from each of 20 states or territories.[61]

On April 25, Donald Trump raised uncertainty about his participation in the debates on Truth Social, saying he had not been consulted about them, did not want to be "libeled" and it was unnecessary given his large polling lead.[62] He was open to participating in the debates in an interview conducted with Bret Baier on Fox News two months later.[63] Weeks later, Chris Christie denounced the pledge requirement, but indicated he had signed the pledge to make it onstage and would not make himself abide by it.[64]

The rules have been noted as relatively strict, compared to the 2016 Republican presidential debates, which had multiple debate nights to accommodate the numerous qualified candidates,[65] as well as an initial debate night with 17 candidates spread over two debates.[66] Asa Hutchinson has stated they will keep some campaigns from the debate while Larry Elder described the rules as "onerous."[67] Perry Johnson called them "ridiculous"[68] and began selling one dollar "I stand with Tucker"[69] and "I identify as Non-Bidenary" T-shirts on Facebook,[70] counting each sale as a campaign donation. Similarly, Ramaswamy's campaign ran Facebook ads asking people for one dollar to "secure a prime spot" at the debate.[69]

The Ron DeSantis campaign reportedly pushed for a higher threshold, likely to consolidate non-Trump votes towards his campaign.[67]

On July 7, the DeSantis campaign said that DeSantis would attend the debate, regardless of Trump's participation.[71]

Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy have claimed more than 60,000 donations each.[43] Trump, DeSantis and Tim Scott have also purportedly exceeded the 40,000 donor threshold.[42] Christie announced he reached 40,000 donors on July 12.[72] Doug Burgum claimed he met the donor threshold on July 19[37] in part due to offering $20 gift cards for $1 donations.[73]

On July 23, Politico reported that six candidates had unofficially qualified for the debate following the publication of two state polls from Fox News: Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, Scott, and Trump.[36] Two days later, Burgum unofficially qualified as well.[38]

One of Pence’s advisors announced that the campaign had received "more than 7,400 donations" since Trump's third indictment, which took place on August 1.[74] On August 7, Pence announced he had made it to 40,000 donors, qualifying for the debates.[75] Suarez also announced that he had met the donor threshold.[76]

Trump stated in an interview on Newsmax on August 9 that he would not pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee, one of the requirements to qualify for the debate.[77] On August 14, the Super PAC supporting Suarez claimed that he unofficially qualified for the debate by attaining four national polls, with one percent in each one, though his campaign stated that there was "no announcement at this time".[78]

On August 18, Trump announced he would skip the first debate, instead opting for an interview with Tucker Carlson.[79] Johnson unofficially qualified for the debate on August 18.[80] Suarez claimed to have qualified the same day, based on the polling criteria, though RNC officials stated that he had not met the criteria.[81] On August 19, a pro-Suarez PAC claimed he unofficially qualified for the debate, but neither the campaign nor any major media outlet confirmed the claims.[50]

Hutchinson unofficially qualified on August 20 after exceeding the donor threshold.[44] Trump confirmed via a post on his Truth Social account that he would not attend any of the debates.[82]

There were 26 polls that appeared to qualify for the first debate according to Politico’s analysis: 18 national, three each from Iowa and New Hampshire, and two from South Carolina. However, the RNC never confirmed this number[83] and disqualified a Victory Insights Poll that Politico had originally included.[84]

On August 21, the RNC invited eight candidates to the first debate: Burgum, Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Hutchinson, Pence, Ramaswamy, and Scott.[66]

Summary edit

The debate focused on issues relating to the crisis at the border with Mexico, the economy, abortion, and foreign policy.[85] Donald Trump's absence and criminal charges also took up a portion of the debate with candidates taking different positions on whether it would be appropriate for the party to nominate someone who may be criminally convicted. Christie said that Trump was "morally unfit" to be president while he, Haley, Burgum, and Scott defended Pence's actions the day of January 6, refusing directives from Trump to reject certain states' electors.[86] The candidates differed on the issue of abortion, with Scott and Pence supporting a national 15-week ban while Haley called the proposal politically impractical and that states should be left to decide the issue.[87][88] Observers were largely surprised with Ramaswamy's performance and that he, not poll leader DeSantis, was the target of attacks by other candidates; attacks included his lack of political experience and his promise to grant a presidential pardon to Trump.[89][90] Ramaswamy's declaration that the "climate change agenda" is a "hoax" also garnered media attention.[91]

Various candidates were cited as the debate's winner. Ramaswamy was cited as the winner by several commentators and outlets, while others selected DeSantis.[92][93][94] Others pointed to Pence as the debate's winner, pointing to his successful defense of his actions surrounding January 6 as well as appealing to traditional conservatives on the issues of foreign policy and abortion, while some cited Haley as the winner of the debate, arguing she possessed a relatively calm stance on issues and appealed to moderate voters.[94][95]

Polls asking watchers who they thought won the debate were similarly split. A FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos/Washington Post survey of Republican voters found that a plurality of debate watchers thought DeSantis won the debate[96] while polls from Emerson,[97] Insider Polling,[98] and Morning Consult[99] found Ramaswamy as the winner. Christie was the most frequently cited as performing the worst in these polls. The FiveThirtyEight poll showed Haley with the largest increase in net favorability while Ramaswamy saw the largest decrease in net favorability, which FiveThirtyEight suggested was due to his combative style. Haley saw the largest increase in the proportion of voters considering,[100] from 30% to 47%, followed by Burgum, DeSantis, and Ramaswamy with more modest increases.[96]

In the RealClearPolitics polling average, Haley saw the largest increase in support during the two weeks following the debate, followed by Pence. Trump, who did not participate, saw the largest decrease in support, followed by Scott. No other candidate's support changed by more than 0.6%.[101]

Candidate Pre-debate polls (8/23)[101] Post-debate polls (9/6)[101] ±%
Trump 55.4% 53.6% -1.8%
DeSantis 14.3% 14.9% +0.6%
Ramaswamy 7.2% 6.8% -0.4%
Pence 4.0% 4.9% +0.9%
Haley 3.2% 6.1% +2.9%
Scott 3.1% 2.1% -1.0%
Christie 3.0% 2.8% -0.2%
Hutchinson 0.8% 0.5% -0.3%
Burgum 0.6% 0.5% -0.1%
Candidates Speaking time
CNN[102] NYT[103]
Pence 12:26 12:37
Ramaswamy 11:38 11:47
Christie 11:37 11:22
DeSantis 10:01 10:22
Haley 8:20 8:41
Scott 7:57 8:15
Burgum 7:50 8:00
Hutchinson 7:24 7:33

September 27, 2023 – Simi Valley, California edit

Qualified candidates for the second debate
Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria (per Politico)[104][105] Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria/
invited 		Additional
ref(s)
National polls State polls
Burgum Yes Yes
(1 qualifying poll) 		Yes
(3 qualifying polls from 2 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Christie Yes Yes
(16 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(9 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[40] Yes
DeSantis Yes Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(10 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Haley Yes Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(9 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Pence Yes[46] Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(7 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[46] Yes
Ramaswamy Yes Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(10 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[48] Yes
Scott Yes Yes
(13 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(10 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Trump Yes Yes
(18 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(10 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		No[24] No
Hutchinson No
(at least 46,000)[106][107] 		Yes
(1 qualifying poll) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[40] No
Elder Yes[108] No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[58] No
Johnson Yes[109] No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[54] No
Hurd Yes[110] No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(1 qualifying poll from 1 state) 		No[24] No
Suarez No
(at least 40,000)[51] 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[52] No [111]
  Withdrawn candidate
 
Mike Pence speaking to the press following the 2nd debate.

The second Republican primary debate was held on September 27, 2023, in Simi Valley, California, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library[3] and hosted by Fox Business, Rumble and Univision.[112] It was moderated by Stuart Varney, Dana Perino and Ilia Calderón.[26]

Criteria edit

On August 1, 2023, the RNC announced the criteria for the second debate.[113]

  1. Sign a pledge to support the eventual nominee.[113]
  2. Prove to the RNC that they have polled above three percent in August or September in at least two national polls. Otherwise, one national poll plus two state polls in two separate early primary states (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina) also qualify.[113] The polls must survey "at least 800 registered likely Republican voters", cannot be affiliated with a candidate[114] and must be provided to the RNC by the September 25 deadline.[115]
  3. Prove to the RNC that they have attracted donations from at least 50,000 individuals, with at least 200 from each of 20 states or territories.[113]

Six candidates unofficially qualified for the debate on August 15, according to Politico: Trump, DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Haley, Scott, Christie.[105] Pence unofficially qualified three days later.[46]

Francis Suarez suspended his campaign between the first and second debates, on August 29.[111]

On September 18, Trump announced he would not participate. Instead, as with the first debate, he aired his own simultaneous television event in competition with the debate.[114]

On September 23, NBC News[116] and Politico[117] both reported that Burgum unofficially qualified for the second debate.

As of September 23, 28 polls qualified for the second debate according to Politico's analysis: 18 national polls, four from New Hampshire, four from Iowa, and two from South Carolina.[105] However, the RNC has not confirmed this number, and a Victory Insights poll that appeared to qualify was disqualified.[84]

On September 25, the RNC invited seven candidates to the second debate: Burgum, Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Pence, Ramaswamy, and Scott.[118]

Summary edit

Reporters on Politico's panel largely viewed Scott as the winner of the debate.[119] The New York Times opinion section writers rated Haley as the best performing and Pence as the worst performing on average, although no candidate received an average score of 5.0/10 or higher.[120]

A FiveThirtyEight poll of debate watchers showed that a plurality (33%) thought that DeSantis won the debate, followed by Haley. Christie was most frequently cited as the loser, followed by Pence. In terms of the share of voters considering a candidate, Burgum saw the biggest increase (+3.4) followed by Haley and Scott. No other participating candidate saw their proportion of voters considering change by more than one percent in either direction.[121]

Haley had the biggest increase in support in the RealClearPolitics polling average in the two weeks following the debate, while DeSantis saw the biggest decrease. No other participating candidate's support changed by more than one percent in either direction. [101]

Candidates Speaking time
CNN[122] NYT[123]
Ramaswamy 12:30 11:53
DeSantis 12:08 12:27
Scott 11:21 10:42
Christie 10:27 10:32
Haley 10:22 9:05
Pence 9:38 9:35
Burgum 7:39 7:35
Candidate Pre-debate polls (9/27)[101] Post-debate polls (10/11)[101] ±%
Trump 56.6% 57.8% +1.2%
DeSantis 14.4% 12.8% -1.6%
Haley 5.8% 7.3% +1.5%
Ramaswamy 5.1% 6.0% +0.9%
Pence 4.2% 3.5% -0.7%
Scott 2.8% 2.3% -0.5%
Christie 2.7% 2.6% -0.1%
Burgum 0.9% 0.8% -0.1%

November 8, 2023 – Miami, Florida edit

Qualified candidates for the third debate
Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria (per Politico)[124][125] Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria/
invited 		Additional
ref(s)
National polls State polls
Christie Yes[126] Yes
(2 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(6 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[40] Yes
DeSantis Yes Yes
(15 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Haley Yes Yes
(15 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Ramaswamy Yes Yes
(14 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(7 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[48] Yes
Scott Yes[124] Yes
(1 qualifying poll) 		Yes
(7 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Trump Yes Yes
(15 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(8 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		No[24] No
Burgum Yes[127] No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(2 qualifying polls from 2 states) 		Yes[24] No
Hutchinson No
(at least 46,000) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[40] No
Pence No
(at least 50,000) 		Yes
(12 qualifying polls) 		No
(1 qualifying poll from 1 state)[i] 		Yes[46] No [128]
Elder No
(at least 50,000)[108] 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[58] No [129]
Johnson No
(at least 50,000) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes[54] No [130]
Hurd No
(at least 50,000)[110] 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No[24] No [131]
  Withdrawn candidate

The third Republican primary debate was held on November 8, 2023, in Miami, Florida at the Arsht Center, and hosted by NBC, Salem Radio Network, the Republican Jewish Coalition and Rumble.[30] It was moderated by Lester Holt, Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt.[132]

Criteria edit

The criteria for the third debate included:

  1. 70,000 unique donors, including 200 donors in 20 or more states[133]
  2. Four percent in two national polls or four percent in one national poll and four percent in two separate statewide polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina[133] (provided to the RNC by November 6)[134]
  3. Sign the loyalty pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee and not to participate in any non-RNC sanctioned debates for the rest of the 2024 election cycle[133]

On September 14, 2023, CNN claimed that the third Republican presidential debate will be held in Miami, Florida in early November 2023.[135] An RNC spokesman confirmed the Miami location to Politico the same day.[136] On September 22, CNN confirmed that the third debate would take place on November 8.[4]

Earlier, there was speculation that the third debate would have been held sometime in October 2023, in Alabama, according to Haley;[137] Christie later said the third debate will be in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[138] Four unnamed RNC sources told The Dispatch that the University of Alabama would host the third debate in "late October or early November".[139] Alabama Republican Party chair John Wahl said he could not comment on whether or not Alabama would host a presidential debate, though he was supportive of the idea and said that the party would have to "wait and see".[140] Ultimately the fourth debate is scheduled be held on December 6 in Tuscaloosa.[141]

Trump did not attend the third debate and instead held a rally in Hialeah that same night.[31]

On September 22, Politico reported that DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, and Trump unofficially met the polling and donor qualifications for the third debate.[142]

Christie and Ramaswamy attempted to hold a debate on Bret Baier’s Fox News show on October 3, but after the RNC warned that both candidates would be disqualified from the third debate should they participate, the two agreed to partake in separate interviews instead.[143]

Will Hurd suspended his campaign between the second and third debates, on October 9.[131]

Ramaswamy spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin claimed on October 20 that he may skip the third debate.[144]

Perry Johnson withdrew from the race on October 20.[145]

On October 22, Politico reported that Scott's campaign believes, based on a discussion with the RNC, that a "little-noticed poll" satisfies the polling requirements for the debate. Scott still needed to pass the 70,000 donor threshold.[134]

On October 23, Burgum announced he had received donations from the required number of donors, though he had not met the polling threshold.[127]

Christie's campaign announced on October 24 that he met the donor threshold and unofficially qualified for the debate, as he had already met the polling criteria.[126]

Larry Elder withdrew on October 26.[146]

On October 28, Pence announced his withdrawal from the presidential race.[147]

Tim Scott's campaign claimed on October 31 that he qualified for the third debate.[148]

23 polls qualified for the third debate according to Politico's tracker: 15 national polls, three each from New Hampshire and Iowa, and two from South Carolina.[125]

On November 6, the RNC invited five candidates to the third debate: Christie, DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, and Scott.[149]

Summary edit

The debate was largely described as more substantive than previous debates, and many headlines following the debate focused on the combative exchanges between Haley and Ramaswamy, with Haley calling Ramaswamy "scum" for criticizing her daughter's use of TikTok.[150] The New York Times editorial board voted Haley as performing the best in the debate and Ramaswamy as performing the worst.[151] Similarly, a FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos poll of debate watchers found a plurality rating Haley as a winner and Ramaswamy as the loser. Haley saw the largest increase in proportion of voters considering while DeSantis saw the largest decrease.[152] A CNN opinion article labeled Christie as an ‘underdog’ and praised him for answering the moderators’ questions more directly and for acknowledging Trump’s legal issues.[153] Most of Politico's panel agreed that Haley "had the best night" (while Adam Wren believed it was Christie), while they generally thought that the debate was unlikely to move the needle.[154]

Haley and DeSantis reported donations of more than a million dollars, respectively, 24 hours after the debate.[155]

Haley saw the largest increase in polling of participating candidates in the two weeks following the debate, as she did following each of the first two debates. DeSantis saw the biggest decrease in support, as he also did following the second debate. Christie and Ramaswamy saw little change in their polling, while Trump, who did not participate, saw an increase in support larger than any of the participating candidates.

Candidates Speaking time
CNN[156] NYT[157]
Scott 18:55 18:55
Haley 18:02 17:50
Ramaswamy 17:37 17:27
DeSantis 16:19 16:36
Christie 16:15 16:15
Candidate Pre-debate polls (11/8)[101] Post-debate polls (11/22)[101] ±%
Trump 58.3% 59.8% +1.5%
DeSantis 14.6% 13.5% -1.1%
Haley 9.4% 10.5% +1.1%
Ramaswamy 4.4% 4.7% +0.3%
Christie 2.6% 2.5% -0.1%
Scott 2.6% NA[j] NA

December 6, 2023 – Tuscaloosa, Alabama edit

Qualified candidates for the fourth debate
Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria (per Politico)[158][159] Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria/
invited 		Additional
ref(s)
National polls State polls
DeSantis Yes Yes
(19 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(4 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Haley Yes Yes
(16 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(4 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		Yes[24] Yes
Christie Yes[160] Yes
(2 qualifying polls) 		No
(2 qualifying polls from 1 state)[k] 		Yes[40] Yes[k]
Ramaswamy Yes Yes
(14 qualifying polls) 		No
(1 qualifying poll from 1 state)[k] 		Yes[48] Yes[k]
Trump Yes Yes
(19 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(4 qualifying polls from 3 states) 		No[24] No
Hutchinson No
(at least 46,000) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls from 0 states) 		Yes[40] No
Burgum Yes[161] No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls from 0 states) 		Yes[24] No [162]
Scott No
(at least 70,000) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(2 qualifying polls from 2 states) 		Yes[46] No [163]
  Withdrawn candidate
 
The University of Alabama's Moody Music Hall was the venue for the fourth Republican primary debate

The fourth Republican primary debate was held on December 6, 2023, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama[5] at the University of Alabama's Moody Music Hall.[6] It was moderated by Megyn Kelly, Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson.[19]

On November 3, Geoffrey Skelley of FiveThirtyEight reported that DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, and Trump had met the polling and donor requirements for the debate.[164]

Trump's "top aide", Chris LaCivita, told reporters shortly after the Hialeah rally ended on November 8 that Trump would not attend the fourth debate.[165]

Tim Scott dropped out on November 12.[166]

On November 15, Christie claimed that he had met both the donor and polling requirement for the debate in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt.[167]

On December 3, Burgum claimed he had 90,000 donors,[161] but he withdrew the following day.[162]

There were 23 qualifying polls according to Politico's tracker: 19 national polls, two New Hampshire polls, and one poll each from Iowa and South Carolina.[159]

On December 4, the RNC invited four candidates to the fourth debate: Christie, DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy.[168]

Criteria edit

The criteria for the fourth debate included:

  1. A minimum of 80,000 unique donors, with at least 200 donors from each of 20 or more states and territories.[169]
  2. Six percent in two national polls or six percent in one national poll and six percent in two separate statewide polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina (polls must be conducted on or after September 15 and submitted to the RNC by December 4).[5][170]
  3. Sign the loyalty pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee and not to participate in any non-RNC sanctioned debates for the rest of the 2024 election cycle.[170]

Summary edit

The debate was described as largely having Haley on the defensive from the other candidates, with Trump again escaping significant criticism from all candidates except Christie. Business was a significant issue, as DeSantis and Ramaswamy criticized Haley's corporate backing. Ramaswamy then, in what the Associated Press termed a "capitalist contradiction", went on to argue for less government regulations on businesses. Rights for transgender people was also a significant issue, with DeSantis chiding Haley and, according to the Associated Press, "insisting he did more to crack down on transgender rights than anyone on stage".[171] Ramaswamy continued to attack Haley for alleged corruption, at one point holding up a notepad with the phrase "NIKKI = CORRUPT."[172] Other questions in the debate included sending troops to rescue American hostages taken by Hamas as a result of the 2023 Israel-Hamas War,[173] sending American troops to fight in the Russo-Ukraine War,[174] illegal immigration,[175] the fentanyl crisis,[176] and whether the United States should intervene if China invaded Taiwan.[177]

By arrangement of the Republican National Committee, two questions about improving the reputation of the Justice Department and ensuring the legitimacy of elections were asked by Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch, which drew criticism as Fitton is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Georgia election racketeering prosecution.[178]

Reporters on Politico's panel were largely mixed in determining who the winner of the debate was, but all agreed that this debate did not have a negative effect on Donald Trump.[179]

The New York Times opinion section writers rated Christie as the best performing candidate, with an average score of 6.6/10. This was the first debate in which the opinion section named a winner other than Haley. Sarah Isgur described Christie as "at his very best". Ramaswamy received the lowest average score of 2.0/10, the second straight debate in which he received the lowest score. Jamelle Bouie described him as "a clown, and not even one of the good ones" and Peter Wehner described Ramaswamy as a "smear merchant".[180]

A FiveThirtyEight/ABC/Ipsos poll of debate watchers found a plurality of Republican voters thought that DeSantis was the winner, as the same poll reported for the first two debates. Ramaswamy was most frequently cited as the loser, as he was for the third debate. Christie saw the biggest increase in percentage considering following the debate. Haley and DeSantis saw the largest decrease in percentage considering, although this portion of the poll included Republicans who did not watch the debate. Christie also saw the largest increase in net favorability while Ramaswamy saw the largest decrease. [181]

While viewership for this debate was the lowest of all four Republican debates, it was the most viewed program ever on NewsNation and highest rated program on The CW since 2018, drawing 4.21 million viewers with the two networks,[182] along with approximately 400,000 viewers on Nexstar's digital platforms.[183]

Of participating candidates, Haley saw the largest increase in support in the two weeks following the debate, as she had in all three previous debates. However, Trump saw a significantly larger increase despite not participating. DeSantis saw the biggest decrease in support, as he did following the second and third debates.

Candidates Speaking time
CNN[184]
DeSantis 21:08
Haley 17:28
Ramaswamy 22:36
Christie 16:52
Candidate Pre-debate polls (12/6)[185] Post-debate polls (12/20)[186] ±%
Trump 61.0% 63.8% +2.8%
DeSantis 13.5% 11.6% -1.9%
Haley 10.3% 10.8% +0.5%
Ramaswamy 4.9% 4.3% -0.6%
Christie 2.5% 2.7% +0.2%

January 10, 2024 – Des Moines, Iowa edit

Qualified candidates for the Iowa debate
Candidate Met polling criteria (per FiveThirtyEight)[187] Invited Attended Additional
ref(s)
Total polls Iowa polls
DeSantis Yes
(14 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(3 qualifying polls) 		Yes[188] Yes
Haley Yes
(11 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(3 qualifying polls) 		Yes[33] Yes
Trump Yes
(15 qualifying polls) 		Yes
(3 qualifying polls) 		Yes[34] No
Hutchinson No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No No
Ramaswamy No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No No
Christie No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No
(0 qualifying polls) 		No No
  Withdrawn candidate
 
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley at the CNN Republican Presidential Debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

The fifth Republican primary debate took place in Des Moines, Iowa on January 10, 2024, and was hosted by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.[9]

DeSantis commented on Twitter that he was "looking forward to debating in Iowa."[189] Haley was initially "noncommittal" about attending the debate,[190] though she confirmed on December 15 that she would attend it.[191]

Trump, DeSantis, and Haley qualified for the debate.[192] Trump declined to participate, opting instead to hold a competing town hall with Fox News.[34] Ramaswamy, podcast host Tim Pool and conservative commentator Candace Owens held a live podcast at Ramaswamy's headquarters in Des Moines.[193]

Criteria edit

The criteria for the fifth debate included:

  1. Candidates must agree to the rules and the format of the debate.
  2. Candidates must have three national and/or Iowa polls (with a minimum of one of the three being a likely voter poll from Iowa) at 10% without rounding from the following list of approved pollsters: CNN, CNN/University of New Hampshire, Fox News, Marquette University Law School, Monmouth University, Monmouth University/The Washington Post, NBC News, NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom, Quinnipiac University, CBS News/YouGov, Marist College, The New York Times/Siena College, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post/ABC News.
  3. The polls must be conducted on or after October 15 and must be published by January 2.[33]

Summary edit

Candidate Pre-debate Iowa polls (1/10)[194] Final Iowa results[186] ±%
Trump 52.5% 51.0% -1.5%
Haley 17.5% 19.1% +1.6%
DeSantis 15.8% 21.2% +5.4%

Reactions to the debate were mixed, with many criticizing its divisiveness. The New York Times Opinion section rated Haley as the winner as they did in three of the first four debates.[195] The BBC noted that the candidates attacked each other almost immediately, while they were more outspoken in their criticism of Trump. The war in Ukraine was another area where the candidates disagreed.[196] In The Des Moines Register's review of the debate, political science professor Sara Mitchell of the University of Iowa noted that policy debate often gave way to personal attacks.[197]

Canceled debates edit

January 18, 2024 – Goffstown, New Hampshire edit

ABC had scheduled a sixth debate to take place in Goffstown, New Hampshire at St. Anselm College on January 18, 2024, to be hosted by ABC and local New Hampshire ABC affiliate WMUR-TV[198] and moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis.[199] Chris Ager, the chair of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, confirmed that the debate was sanctioned by the state party.[200]

Candidates qualified by having two national or two New Hampshire polls at 10% from a list of approved pollsters or by finishing in the top three in the Iowa caucus. Trump, DeSantis, Haley, and Christie qualified for the debate, according to ABC.[201] However, Christie dropped out of the race on January 10[202] and both Trump and Haley refused to participate, leading ABC to cancel the debate on January 16.[11]

January 21, 2024 – Henniker, New Hampshire edit

CNN had scheduled a seventh debate to take place in Henniker, New Hampshire, at New England College on January 21, 2024. The debate location was initially announced as Saint Anselm College.[12] The debate was not coordinated with the New Hampshire Republican State Committee.[200]

Candidates qualified by having four national or New Hampshire polls at 10% or higher from a list of approved pollsters, with a minimum of one coming from New Hampshire. Candidates could also qualify by finishing in the top three of the Iowa caucus.[33] Trump, DeSantis, Haley, and Christie qualified for the debate, according to ABC News.[203] However, Christie dropped out of the race on January 10[202] and Haley and Trump refused to attend, leading CNN to cancel the debate on January 17.[13]

Controversies edit

Questioning of purpose of debates without Trump edit

The core purpose of the Republican debates was questioned, as they were conducted without the presence of Donald Trump, who held a clear lead before and during the debates.[204][205] Some anonymous RNC officials have described the debates as "embarrassing" for not having Trump.[206][207]

First debate qualification controversy edit

The first scheduled debate participants were listed in an RNC press release on August 21, 2023.[208] Eight candidates qualified according to RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel although three other candidates also claimed they had qualified (Elder,[56] Johnson[209] and Suarez).[210]

No initial explanation was given as to why Johnson, who had qualified according to Politico’s analysis, or Suarez, who claimed he qualified, had been excluded,[66] though it was later indicated that one of the polls from Victory Insights, which Johnson had used to count towards his total, was discarded as it "only surveyed voters in 38 states".[211] Elder and Johnson announced on August 22 that they would sue the RNC as a result of being excluded.[212] Hurd, who also failed to make the debate stage, strongly criticized the RNC.[213]

After the RNC press release was publicized, Suarez acknowledged that he did not qualify for the debate.[214] Johnson[215] and Elder[216] disputed the RNC debate participant list and contended that they had qualified.

Politico launched its own tracker for debate qualification in March.[217] The methodology and requirements for polling were considered to be unclear by many and created areas of discrepancy. Politico argued that campaigns and pollsters found the polling requirements to be vague and could be used to eliminate seemingly qualified candidates; the RNC did not respond to questions from Politico regarding the polling requirements.[80] According to their tracker and analysis of the polling data, Johnson qualified for the first debate;[66] he issued a press release detailing the timeline, sequence of events, and correspondence with the RNC and his campaign.[218]

Johnson stated on August 21 that he will still go to Milwaukee to attend the debate.[219] Ultimately, neither Elder or Johnson were invited or attended the debate. NBC correspondent Dasha Burns posted a picture on social media that was on the security desk that detailed who was not allowed at the debate venue. This included Elder and his campaign, three Trump staffers (Jason Miller, Justin Caparole and Danny Tiso) and Vivek Ramaswamy campaign credentials. Fox News clarified that it was not involved with the "production of the document" and "did not sanction" the wording.[220]

McDaniel defended the criteria, stating that "they were applied ... equally to every candidate",[221] as did Keith Schipper, an RNC spokesman.[222]

New Hampshire scheduling controversy edit

The RNC has warned the New Hampshire state party that if it proceeds with moving the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary ahead of the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses, a presidential debate will not be held there.[223] The New Hampshire primary was not subsequently moved.

Tim Scott third debate qualification controversy edit

Up until the final deadline for qualifying, neither the New York Times nor Politico confirmed a qualifying national poll where Senator Tim Scott had attained four percent support. However, Scott's campaign insisted that a "little-noticed" poll conducted in September by YouGov for progressive outlet The Liberal Patriot had him at four percent support.[224] FiveThirtyEight believed that the poll would not qualify as the screening question used for determining likely primary voters "resulted in the survey including a large number of Democrats in the sample".[225] However, the RNC ultimately decided to count the poll.

Family Leader Foundation forum controversy edit

The RNC, on November 11, initially threatened to disqualify candidates from participating in future debates if they participated in the Thanksgiving Family Forum that was hosted by the Family Leader Foundation on November 17, which the RNC initially considered to be a debate. The president of the foundation, Bob Vander Plaats, indicated the same day that the RNC would allow the forum to go forward, with no repercussions for candidates who attend.[226] DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy attended.[227]

Chris Christie fourth debate qualification controversy edit

Christie's campaign announced he met the fundraising threshold on November 13.[228] On November 15, Chris Christie claimed to have met all debate criteria while on The Hugh Hewitt Show.[229] On November 30, prior to the announcement of invitees, Politico reported skepticism of Christie's claims and disputed his polling claims.[230] As of December 5, Politico's polling tracker indicated Christie qualified with two national polls.[159]

Christie claimed on Face the Nation that he was confident that he would qualify and stated on a Fox News Digital interview that he was “100% confident” he would be on stage.[231] Chris Christie likened his situation to Tim Scott's in his third debate qualification bid. While Scott did qualify for the third debate, he dropped out later that week.[232] Ahead of the first debate, Christie stated that anybody not on the debate stage should drop out.[233]

Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told Sky News Australia on December 3 that he was skeptical Christie qualified.[234] On December 4, Axios reported an exclusive look into the fourth debate with pictures of four lecterns on the stage, which was indeed the case during the debates as four candidates appeared.[235] Between November 30 and December 2, a national poll was conducted by the Trafalgar Group where Christie received 6.3%.[236] It is noted on Politico's qualification tracker.[159] On December 4, the RNC invited Christie to the fourth debate.[168]

Forums edit

In addition to the RNC-sanctioned debates, many private organizations host forums focusing on select issues and candidates. Unlike debates, candidates do not respond directly to each other at forums.

Forums among candidates for the 2024 Republican Party U.S. presidential nomination
No. Name Date and place Host Ref Participants*
 P  Participant.  I  Invitee.  N  Non-invitee.  A  Absent invitee.
 NYD  Not yet declared candidacy.  W  Withdrawn. 		Burgum Christie DeSantis Elder Haley Hurd Hutchinson Johnson Pence Ramaswamy Scott Suarez Trump
1 Vision '24 Forum March 18, 2023
N. Charleston, SC 		Palmetto Family Council [237] NYD NYD NYD NYD P NYD P[l] N NYD P P[l] NYD A
2 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum April 14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN 		NRA Institute for
Legislative Action 		[238] NYD NYD NYD[l][m] NYD A[m] NYD P A P[l] P NYD[l][m] NYD P
3 Spring Kick-off Event April 22, 2023
Clive, IA 		Faith and Freedom Coalition [239] NYD NYD NYD P A P[l] P P P[l] P P[l] NYD A[m]
4 Roast and Ride June 3, 2023
Des Moines, IA 		U.S. Senator Joni Ernst [240] NYD NYD P P P NYD P P P[l] P P NYD A
5 Road to Majority Policy Conference June 22, 2023
June 23, 2023
June 24, 2023
Washington, DC 		Faith and Freedom Coalition [241] N P P P P P P P P P P P P
6 Joyful Warriors National Summit June 30, 2023
July 1, 2023
Philadelphia, PA 		Moms for Liberty [242] N N P N P N P N N P N N P
7 Family Leadership Summit[n] July 14, 2023
Des Moines, IA 		The Family Leader
 [243] N N P N P N P N P P P N A
8 Lincoln Dinner[o] July 28, 2023
Des Moines, IA 		Iowa GOP [244] P N P P P P P P P P P P P
9 The Gathering August 18, 2023
Atlanta, GA 		Erick Erickson [245] N P P N P N N N P P P N N
10 Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition banquet[o] September 16, 2023
Des Moines, IA 		Faith and Freedom Coalition [246] N N P P P P P P P P P W N
11 First in the Nation Leadership Summit[o] October 13, 2023
October 14, 2023
Nashua, NH 		New Hampshire GOP [247] P P P N P W P P P P P W N
12 Republican Jewish Coalition Conference October 28, 2023
Las Vegas, NV 		Republican Jewish Coalition [248][249] P P P W P W N W P[p] P P W P
13 Florida Freedom Summit November 4, 2023
Kissimmee, FL 		Florida Republican Party [250][251][252] P P P W A W P W W P P W P
14 Thanksgiving Family Forum November 17, 2023
Des Moines, IA 		The Family Leader [227] N N P W P W N W W P W W A
15 Faith and Family with the Feenstras[o] December 9, 2023
Sioux Center, IA 		U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra [253] W N P W P W N W W P W W N

The Iowa Brown and Black Forum was initially scheduled for January 13, 2024,[254] but was cancelled after a lack of responses.[255]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 1.6 million (NewsNation)
    2.5 million (The CW)[18]
  2. ^ Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge, which disqualified him from participating.[24] Trump instead participated in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson which aired on Twitter on the night of the debate.[25]
  3. ^ Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge, which disqualified him from participating.[24] Trump instead met with auto industry workers and delivered a speech in Detroit.[27]
  4. ^ Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge, which disqualified him from participating.[24] Trump instead held a rally in Hialeah.[31]
  5. ^ Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge, which disqualified him from participating.[24] Trump attended a fundraising event for MAGA Inc., a Super PAC supporting his candidacy, instead.[32]
  6. ^ Trump declined to attend, and instead held a competing town hall with Fox News.[34]
  7. ^ A pro-Suarez PAC, SOS America PAC, had claimed that Suarez had three additional qualifying polls. Two anonymous senior advisors for the Republican National Committee (RNC) stated that these polls did not meet their outlined criteria.[49][50]
  8. ^ Elder's campaign had claimed that their candidate had two additional qualifying national polls.[56]
  9. ^ Pence would have bypassed the state qualifying poll path by having two or more national qualifying polls but dropped out of the race.
  10. ^ Scott suspended his campaign on November 12.
  11. ^ a b c d Candidate bypasses the state polling path by having multiple national qualifying polls.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i Individual was not a formal candidate at time of forum attendance.
  13. ^ a b c d Appeared in a video message.
  14. ^ Other invited guests include Kristi Noem and Democrats Joe Biden and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (all declined).
  15. ^ a b c d Ryan Binkley also attended.
  16. ^ Pence announced in his speech that he was suspending his campaign

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2024, republican, party, presidential, debates, forums, debates, forums, took, place, among, candidates, campaign, republican, party, nomination, president, united, states, 2024, united, states, presidential, election, republican, national, committee, schedule. Debates and forums took place among candidates in the campaign for the Republican Party s nomination for president of the United States in the 2024 United States presidential election The Republican National Committee RNC has scheduled official RNC sanctioned primary debates while ABC News and CNN also announced sanctioned debates Contents 1 Debates 1 1 Ratings 1 2 Schedule 1 3 August 23 2023 Milwaukee Wisconsin 1 3 1 Criteria 1 3 2 Summary 1 4 September 27 2023 Simi Valley California 1 4 1 Criteria 1 4 2 Summary 1 5 November 8 2023 Miami Florida 1 5 1 Criteria 1 5 2 Summary 1 6 December 6 2023 Tuscaloosa Alabama 1 6 1 Criteria 1 6 2 Summary 1 7 January 10 2024 Des Moines Iowa 1 7 1 Criteria 1 7 2 Summary 2 Canceled debates 2 1 January 18 2024 Goffstown New Hampshire 2 2 January 21 2024 Henniker New Hampshire 3 Controversies 3 1 Questioning of purpose of debates without Trump 3 2 First debate qualification controversy 3 3 New Hampshire scheduling controversy 3 4 Tim Scott third debate qualification controversy 3 5 Family Leader Foundation forum controversy 3 6 Chris Christie fourth debate qualification controversy 4 Forums 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesDebates editThe RNC announced on June 20 that the first Republican presidential debate will take place at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Wisconsin on August 23 1 The city and venue will also host the Republican Party National Convention from July 15 18 2024 2 It was announced on August 1 that the second debate would take place on September 27 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley California 3 The RNC announced on September 22 that the third debate would place in Miami Florida on November 8 4 A fourth debate took place in Tuscaloosa Alabama on December 6 5 at the University of Alabama in the Moody Music Hall 6 The RNC s Committee on Presidential Debates announced on December 8 that it would not hold any debates in January 7 and it would allow candidates to participate in non RNC sanctioned debates and forums meaning that media organizations would be in charge of organizing them 8 After the four debates organized by the RNC news networks announced additional debates that are currently sanctioned by the RNC CNN hosted one debate on January 10 2024 at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa 9 before the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses The ABC debate that was scheduled to take place at Saint Anselm College on January 18 10 was cancelled on January 16 as Haley refused to debate without Trump 11 Similarly another CNN debate that was scheduled to take place on January 21 at New England College in Henniker New Hampshire before the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary 12 was cancelled on January 17 for the same reason 13 There were a total of 13 major Republican candidates Of these 8 candidates participated in at least one debate Only Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley participated in all the debates Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy participated in all but the final debate Ratings edit The following table lists the ratings number of estimated viewers of the debates to date Debate Date Viewers Network 1 August 23 2023 12 8 million 14 13 million 15 Fox News 2 September 27 2023 9 5 million 16 Fox Business 3 November 8 2023 7 5 million 17 NBC News 4 December 6 2023 4 1 million a NewsNation 19 The CW 20 5 January 10 2024 2 6 million 21 CNN 22 Schedule edit Debates among candidates for the 2024 Republican Party U S presidential nomination No Date and time Place Host Participants P Present A Absent N Not invited W Withdrawn Burgum Christie DeSantis Elder Haley Hurd Hutchinson Johnson Pence Ramaswamy Scott Suarez Trump 1 23 August 23 20238 pm CDT Fiserv ForumMilwaukee WI Fox NewsRumble P P P N P N P N P P P N N b 2 September 27 20236 pm PDT 26 Reagan LibrarySimi Valley CA Fox BusinessRumbleUnivision P P P N P N N N P P P W N c 3 November 8 20238 pm EST 28 Arsht CenterMiami FL 28 NBC News 29 Salem Radio NetworkRJCRumble 30 N P P W P W N W W P P W N d 4 December 6 20237 pm CST 20 University of AlabamaTuscaloosa AL 20 NewsNationThe Megyn Kelly ShowThe Washington Free BeaconRumble 19 The CW 20 W P P W P W N W W P W W N e 5 January 10 20249 pm EST 33 Drake UniversityDes Moines IA CNN W W P W P W N W W N W W A f August 23 2023 Milwaukee Wisconsin edit Qualified candidates for the first debate Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria per Politico 35 36 Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria invited Additionalref s National polls State polls Burgum Yes 37 Yes 8 qualifying polls Yes 6 qualifying polls from 2 states Yes 24 Yes 38 Christie Yes 39 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 40 Yes 41 DeSantis Yes 42 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes 41 Haley Yes 43 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes 41 Hutchinson Yes 44 Yes 9 qualifying polls Yes 5 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 40 Yes 41 Pence Yes 45 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 46 Yes 41 Ramaswamy Yes 47 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 48 Yes 41 Scott Yes 39 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes 41 Trump Yes 42 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states No 24 No 41 Suarez g Yes 51 Yes 2 qualifying polls No 1 qualifying poll from 1 state Yes 52 No Johnson Yes 53 No 1 qualifying poll Yes 2 qualifying polls from 2 states Yes 54 No Hurd Yes 55 No 1 qualifying poll Yes 4 qualifying polls from 2 states No 24 No Elder h Yes 57 No 1 qualifying poll No 1 qualifying poll from 1 state Yes 58 No nbsp The Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Wisconsin on the eve of the 1st debate August 2023 The first Republican primary debate was aired by Fox News and held from 8 p m to 10 p m Central Time Zone on August 23 2023 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee Wisconsin It was moderated by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum 1 Criteria edit On June 2 2023 the RNC announced criteria to qualify for the first debate 59 and it issued a clarification on July 18 60 Participants had to meet the following criteria 59 Be constitutionally eligible and appropriately filed with the Federal Election Commission Sign the Beat Biden Pledge by August 21 indicating that they will not participate in any non RNC debate and that they will support the eventual nominee Prove to the RNC by August 21 that they have polled above one percent since July in three national polls or in two national polls and one poll from each of two different early primary states Iowa New Hampshire Nevada and South Carolina The polls must meet RNC stated standards 60 Prove to the RNC by August 21 they have attracted donations from at least 40 000 individuals with at least 200 from each of 20 states or territories 61 On April 25 Donald Trump raised uncertainty about his participation in the debates on Truth Social saying he had not been consulted about them did not want to be libeled and it was unnecessary given his large polling lead 62 He was open to participating in the debates in an interview conducted with Bret Baier on Fox News two months later 63 Weeks later Chris Christie denounced the pledge requirement but indicated he had signed the pledge to make it onstage and would not make himself abide by it 64 The rules have been noted as relatively strict compared to the 2016 Republican presidential debates which had multiple debate nights to accommodate the numerous qualified candidates 65 as well as an initial debate night with 17 candidates spread over two debates 66 Asa Hutchinson has stated they will keep some campaigns from the debate while Larry Elder described the rules as onerous 67 Perry Johnson called them ridiculous 68 and began selling one dollar I stand with Tucker 69 and I identify as Non Bidenary T shirts on Facebook 70 counting each sale as a campaign donation Similarly Ramaswamy s campaign ran Facebook ads asking people for one dollar to secure a prime spot at the debate 69 The Ron DeSantis campaign reportedly pushed for a higher threshold likely to consolidate non Trump votes towards his campaign 67 On July 7 the DeSantis campaign said that DeSantis would attend the debate regardless of Trump s participation 71 Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy have claimed more than 60 000 donations each 43 Trump DeSantis and Tim Scott have also purportedly exceeded the 40 000 donor threshold 42 Christie announced he reached 40 000 donors on July 12 72 Doug Burgum claimed he met the donor threshold on July 19 37 in part due to offering 20 gift cards for 1 donations 73 On July 23 Politico reported that six candidates had unofficially qualified for the debate following the publication of two state polls from Fox News Christie DeSantis Haley Ramaswamy Scott and Trump 36 Two days later Burgum unofficially qualified as well 38 One of Pence s advisors announced that the campaign had received more than 7 400 donations since Trump s third indictment which took place on August 1 74 On August 7 Pence announced he had made it to 40 000 donors qualifying for the debates 75 Suarez also announced that he had met the donor threshold 76 Trump stated in an interview on Newsmax on August 9 that he would not pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee one of the requirements to qualify for the debate 77 On August 14 the Super PAC supporting Suarez claimed that he unofficially qualified for the debate by attaining four national polls with one percent in each one though his campaign stated that there was no announcement at this time 78 On August 18 Trump announced he would skip the first debate instead opting for an interview with Tucker Carlson 79 Johnson unofficially qualified for the debate on August 18 80 Suarez claimed to have qualified the same day based on the polling criteria though RNC officials stated that he had not met the criteria 81 On August 19 a pro Suarez PAC claimed he unofficially qualified for the debate but neither the campaign nor any major media outlet confirmed the claims 50 Hutchinson unofficially qualified on August 20 after exceeding the donor threshold 44 Trump confirmed via a post on his Truth Social account that he would not attend any of the debates 82 There were 26 polls that appeared to qualify for the first debate according to Politico s analysis 18 national three each from Iowa and New Hampshire and two from South Carolina However the RNC never confirmed this number 83 and disqualified a Victory Insights Poll that Politico had originally included 84 On August 21 the RNC invited eight candidates to the first debate Burgum Christie DeSantis Haley Hutchinson Pence Ramaswamy and Scott 66 Summary edit The debate focused on issues relating to the crisis at the border with Mexico the economy abortion and foreign policy 85 Donald Trump s absence and criminal charges also took up a portion of the debate with candidates taking different positions on whether it would be appropriate for the party to nominate someone who may be criminally convicted Christie said that Trump was morally unfit to be president while he Haley Burgum and Scott defended Pence s actions the day of January 6 refusing directives from Trump to reject certain states electors 86 The candidates differed on the issue of abortion with Scott and Pence supporting a national 15 week ban while Haley called the proposal politically impractical and that states should be left to decide the issue 87 88 Observers were largely surprised with Ramaswamy s performance and that he not poll leader DeSantis was the target of attacks by other candidates attacks included his lack of political experience and his promise to grant a presidential pardon to Trump 89 90 Ramaswamy s declaration that the climate change agenda is a hoax also garnered media attention 91 Various candidates were cited as the debate s winner Ramaswamy was cited as the winner by several commentators and outlets while others selected DeSantis 92 93 94 Others pointed to Pence as the debate s winner pointing to his successful defense of his actions surrounding January 6 as well as appealing to traditional conservatives on the issues of foreign policy and abortion while some cited Haley as the winner of the debate arguing she possessed a relatively calm stance on issues and appealed to moderate voters 94 95 Polls asking watchers who they thought won the debate were similarly split A FiveThirtyEight Ipsos Washington Post survey of Republican voters found that a plurality of debate watchers thought DeSantis won the debate 96 while polls from Emerson 97 Insider Polling 98 and Morning Consult 99 found Ramaswamy as the winner Christie was the most frequently cited as performing the worst in these polls The FiveThirtyEight poll showed Haley with the largest increase in net favorability while Ramaswamy saw the largest decrease in net favorability which FiveThirtyEight suggested was due to his combative style Haley saw the largest increase in the proportion of voters considering 100 from 30 to 47 followed by Burgum DeSantis and Ramaswamy with more modest increases 96 In the RealClearPolitics polling average Haley saw the largest increase in support during the two weeks following the debate followed by Pence Trump who did not participate saw the largest decrease in support followed by Scott No other candidate s support changed by more than 0 6 101 Candidate Pre debate polls 8 23 101 Post debate polls 9 6 101 Trump 55 4 53 6 1 8 DeSantis 14 3 14 9 0 6 Ramaswamy 7 2 6 8 0 4 Pence 4 0 4 9 0 9 Haley 3 2 6 1 2 9 Scott 3 1 2 1 1 0 Christie 3 0 2 8 0 2 Hutchinson 0 8 0 5 0 3 Burgum 0 6 0 5 0 1 Candidates Speaking time CNN 102 NYT 103 Pence 12 26 12 37 Ramaswamy 11 38 11 47 Christie 11 37 11 22 DeSantis 10 01 10 22 Haley 8 20 8 41 Scott 7 57 8 15 Burgum 7 50 8 00 Hutchinson 7 24 7 33 September 27 2023 Simi Valley California edit Qualified candidates for the second debate Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria per Politico 104 105 Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria invited Additionalref s National polls State polls Burgum Yes Yes 1 qualifying poll Yes 3 qualifying polls from 2 states Yes 24 Yes Christie Yes Yes 16 qualifying polls Yes 9 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 40 Yes DeSantis Yes Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 10 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Haley Yes Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 9 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Pence Yes 46 Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 7 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 46 Yes Ramaswamy Yes Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 10 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 48 Yes Scott Yes Yes 13 qualifying polls Yes 10 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Trump Yes Yes 18 qualifying polls Yes 10 qualifying polls from 3 states No 24 No Hutchinson No at least 46 000 106 107 Yes 1 qualifying poll No 0 qualifying polls Yes 40 No Elder Yes 108 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls Yes 58 No Johnson Yes 109 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls Yes 54 No Hurd Yes 110 No 0 qualifying polls No 1 qualifying poll from 1 state No 24 No Suarez No at least 40 000 51 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls Yes 52 No 111 Withdrawn candidate nbsp Mike Pence speaking to the press following the 2nd debate The second Republican primary debate was held on September 27 2023 in Simi Valley California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 3 and hosted by Fox Business Rumble and Univision 112 It was moderated by Stuart Varney Dana Perino and Ilia Calderon 26 Criteria edit On August 1 2023 the RNC announced the criteria for the second debate 113 Sign a pledge to support the eventual nominee 113 Prove to the RNC that they have polled above three percent in August or September in at least two national polls Otherwise one national poll plus two state polls in two separate early primary states Iowa New Hampshire Nevada or South Carolina also qualify 113 The polls must survey at least 800 registered likely Republican voters cannot be affiliated with a candidate 114 and must be provided to the RNC by the September 25 deadline 115 Prove to the RNC that they have attracted donations from at least 50 000 individuals with at least 200 from each of 20 states or territories 113 Six candidates unofficially qualified for the debate on August 15 according to Politico Trump DeSantis Ramaswamy Haley Scott Christie 105 Pence unofficially qualified three days later 46 Francis Suarez suspended his campaign between the first and second debates on August 29 111 On September 18 Trump announced he would not participate Instead as with the first debate he aired his own simultaneous television event in competition with the debate 114 On September 23 NBC News 116 and Politico 117 both reported that Burgum unofficially qualified for the second debate As of September 23 28 polls qualified for the second debate according to Politico s analysis 18 national polls four from New Hampshire four from Iowa and two from South Carolina 105 However the RNC has not confirmed this number and a Victory Insights poll that appeared to qualify was disqualified 84 On September 25 the RNC invited seven candidates to the second debate Burgum Christie DeSantis Haley Pence Ramaswamy and Scott 118 Summary edit Reporters on Politico s panel largely viewed Scott as the winner of the debate 119 The New York Times opinion section writers rated Haley as the best performing and Pence as the worst performing on average although no candidate received an average score of 5 0 10 or higher 120 A FiveThirtyEight poll of debate watchers showed that a plurality 33 thought that DeSantis won the debate followed by Haley Christie was most frequently cited as the loser followed by Pence In terms of the share of voters considering a candidate Burgum saw the biggest increase 3 4 followed by Haley and Scott No other participating candidate saw their proportion of voters considering change by more than one percent in either direction 121 Haley had the biggest increase in support in the RealClearPolitics polling average in the two weeks following the debate while DeSantis saw the biggest decrease No other participating candidate s support changed by more than one percent in either direction 101 Candidates Speaking time CNN 122 NYT 123 Ramaswamy 12 30 11 53 DeSantis 12 08 12 27 Scott 11 21 10 42 Christie 10 27 10 32 Haley 10 22 9 05 Pence 9 38 9 35 Burgum 7 39 7 35 Candidate Pre debate polls 9 27 101 Post debate polls 10 11 101 Trump 56 6 57 8 1 2 DeSantis 14 4 12 8 1 6 Haley 5 8 7 3 1 5 Ramaswamy 5 1 6 0 0 9 Pence 4 2 3 5 0 7 Scott 2 8 2 3 0 5 Christie 2 7 2 6 0 1 Burgum 0 9 0 8 0 1 November 8 2023 Miami Florida edit Qualified candidates for the third debate Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria per Politico 124 125 Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria invited Additionalref s National polls State polls Christie Yes 126 Yes 2 qualifying polls Yes 6 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 40 Yes DeSantis Yes Yes 15 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Haley Yes Yes 15 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Ramaswamy Yes Yes 14 qualifying polls Yes 7 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 48 Yes Scott Yes 124 Yes 1 qualifying poll Yes 7 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Trump Yes Yes 15 qualifying polls Yes 8 qualifying polls from 3 states No 24 No Burgum Yes 127 No 0 qualifying polls Yes 2 qualifying polls from 2 states Yes 24 No Hutchinson No at least 46 000 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls Yes 40 No Pence No at least 50 000 Yes 12 qualifying polls No 1 qualifying poll from 1 state i Yes 46 No 128 Elder No at least 50 000 108 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls Yes 58 No 129 Johnson No at least 50 000 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls Yes 54 No 130 Hurd No at least 50 000 110 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls No 24 No 131 Withdrawn candidate The third Republican primary debate was held on November 8 2023 in Miami Florida at the Arsht Center and hosted by NBC Salem Radio Network the Republican Jewish Coalition and Rumble 30 It was moderated by Lester Holt Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt 132 Criteria edit The criteria for the third debate included 70 000 unique donors including 200 donors in 20 or more states 133 Four percent in two national polls or four percent in one national poll and four percent in two separate statewide polls in Iowa New Hampshire Nevada or South Carolina 133 provided to the RNC by November 6 134 Sign the loyalty pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee and not to participate in any non RNC sanctioned debates for the rest of the 2024 election cycle 133 On September 14 2023 CNN claimed that the third Republican presidential debate will be held in Miami Florida in early November 2023 135 An RNC spokesman confirmed the Miami location to Politico the same day 136 On September 22 CNN confirmed that the third debate would take place on November 8 4 Earlier there was speculation that the third debate would have been held sometime in October 2023 in Alabama according to Haley 137 Christie later said the third debate will be in Tuscaloosa Alabama 138 Four unnamed RNC sources told The Dispatch that the University of Alabama would host the third debate in late October or early November 139 Alabama Republican Party chair John Wahl said he could not comment on whether or not Alabama would host a presidential debate though he was supportive of the idea and said that the party would have to wait and see 140 Ultimately the fourth debate is scheduled be held on December 6 in Tuscaloosa 141 Trump did not attend the third debate and instead held a rally in Hialeah that same night 31 On September 22 Politico reported that DeSantis Haley Ramaswamy and Trump unofficially met the polling and donor qualifications for the third debate 142 Christie and Ramaswamy attempted to hold a debate on Bret Baier s Fox News show on October 3 but after the RNC warned that both candidates would be disqualified from the third debate should they participate the two agreed to partake in separate interviews instead 143 Will Hurd suspended his campaign between the second and third debates on October 9 131 Ramaswamy spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin claimed on October 20 that he may skip the third debate 144 Perry Johnson withdrew from the race on October 20 145 On October 22 Politico reported that Scott s campaign believes based on a discussion with the RNC that a little noticed poll satisfies the polling requirements for the debate Scott still needed to pass the 70 000 donor threshold 134 On October 23 Burgum announced he had received donations from the required number of donors though he had not met the polling threshold 127 Christie s campaign announced on October 24 that he met the donor threshold and unofficially qualified for the debate as he had already met the polling criteria 126 Larry Elder withdrew on October 26 146 On October 28 Pence announced his withdrawal from the presidential race 147 Tim Scott s campaign claimed on October 31 that he qualified for the third debate 148 23 polls qualified for the third debate according to Politico s tracker 15 national polls three each from New Hampshire and Iowa and two from South Carolina 125 On November 6 the RNC invited five candidates to the third debate Christie DeSantis Haley Ramaswamy and Scott 149 Summary edit The debate was largely described as more substantive than previous debates and many headlines following the debate focused on the combative exchanges between Haley and Ramaswamy with Haley calling Ramaswamy scum for criticizing her daughter s use of TikTok 150 The New York Times editorial board voted Haley as performing the best in the debate and Ramaswamy as performing the worst 151 Similarly a FiveThirtyEight Ipsos poll of debate watchers found a plurality rating Haley as a winner and Ramaswamy as the loser Haley saw the largest increase in proportion of voters considering while DeSantis saw the largest decrease 152 A CNN opinion article labeled Christie as an underdog and praised him for answering the moderators questions more directly and for acknowledging Trump s legal issues 153 Most of Politico s panel agreed that Haley had the best night while Adam Wren believed it was Christie while they generally thought that the debate was unlikely to move the needle 154 Haley and DeSantis reported donations of more than a million dollars respectively 24 hours after the debate 155 Haley saw the largest increase in polling of participating candidates in the two weeks following the debate as she did following each of the first two debates DeSantis saw the biggest decrease in support as he also did following the second debate Christie and Ramaswamy saw little change in their polling while Trump who did not participate saw an increase in support larger than any of the participating candidates Candidates Speaking time CNN 156 NYT 157 Scott 18 55 18 55 Haley 18 02 17 50 Ramaswamy 17 37 17 27 DeSantis 16 19 16 36 Christie 16 15 16 15 Candidate Pre debate polls 11 8 101 Post debate polls 11 22 101 Trump 58 3 59 8 1 5 DeSantis 14 6 13 5 1 1 Haley 9 4 10 5 1 1 Ramaswamy 4 4 4 7 0 3 Christie 2 6 2 5 0 1 Scott 2 6 NA j NA December 6 2023 Tuscaloosa Alabama edit Qualified candidates for the fourth debate Candidate Met donor criterion Met polling criteria per Politico 158 159 Signed loyalty pledge Met all three criteria invited Additionalref s National polls State polls DeSantis Yes Yes 19 qualifying polls Yes 4 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Haley Yes Yes 16 qualifying polls Yes 4 qualifying polls from 3 states Yes 24 Yes Christie Yes 160 Yes 2 qualifying polls No 2 qualifying polls from 1 state k Yes 40 Yes k Ramaswamy Yes Yes 14 qualifying polls No 1 qualifying poll from 1 state k Yes 48 Yes k Trump Yes Yes 19 qualifying polls Yes 4 qualifying polls from 3 states No 24 No Hutchinson No at least 46 000 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls from 0 states Yes 40 No Burgum Yes 161 No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls from 0 states Yes 24 No 162 Scott No at least 70 000 No 0 qualifying polls Yes 2 qualifying polls from 2 states Yes 46 No 163 Withdrawn candidate nbsp The University of Alabama s Moody Music Hall was the venue for the fourth Republican primary debate The fourth Republican primary debate was held on December 6 2023 in Tuscaloosa Alabama 5 at the University of Alabama s Moody Music Hall 6 It was moderated by Megyn Kelly Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson 19 On November 3 Geoffrey Skelley of FiveThirtyEight reported that DeSantis Haley Ramaswamy and Trump had met the polling and donor requirements for the debate 164 Trump s top aide Chris LaCivita told reporters shortly after the Hialeah rally ended on November 8 that Trump would not attend the fourth debate 165 Tim Scott dropped out on November 12 166 On November 15 Christie claimed that he had met both the donor and polling requirement for the debate in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt 167 On December 3 Burgum claimed he had 90 000 donors 161 but he withdrew the following day 162 There were 23 qualifying polls according to Politico s tracker 19 national polls two New Hampshire polls and one poll each from Iowa and South Carolina 159 On December 4 the RNC invited four candidates to the fourth debate Christie DeSantis Haley and Ramaswamy 168 Criteria edit The criteria for the fourth debate included A minimum of 80 000 unique donors with at least 200 donors from each of 20 or more states and territories 169 Six percent in two national polls or six percent in one national poll and six percent in two separate statewide polls in Iowa New Hampshire Nevada or South Carolina polls must be conducted on or after September 15 and submitted to the RNC by December 4 5 170 Sign the loyalty pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee and not to participate in any non RNC sanctioned debates for the rest of the 2024 election cycle 170 Summary edit The debate was described as largely having Haley on the defensive from the other candidates with Trump again escaping significant criticism from all candidates except Christie Business was a significant issue as DeSantis and Ramaswamy criticized Haley s corporate backing Ramaswamy then in what the Associated Press termed a capitalist contradiction went on to argue for less government regulations on businesses Rights for transgender people was also a significant issue with DeSantis chiding Haley and according to the Associated Press insisting he did more to crack down on transgender rights than anyone on stage 171 Ramaswamy continued to attack Haley for alleged corruption at one point holding up a notepad with the phrase NIKKI CORRUPT 172 Other questions in the debate included sending troops to rescue American hostages taken by Hamas as a result of the 2023 Israel Hamas War 173 sending American troops to fight in the Russo Ukraine War 174 illegal immigration 175 the fentanyl crisis 176 and whether the United States should intervene if China invaded Taiwan 177 By arrangement of the Republican National Committee two questions about improving the reputation of the Justice Department and ensuring the legitimacy of elections were asked by Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch which drew criticism as Fitton is an unindicted co conspirator in the Georgia election racketeering prosecution 178 Reporters on Politico s panel were largely mixed in determining who the winner of the debate was but all agreed that this debate did not have a negative effect on Donald Trump 179 The New York Times opinion section writers rated Christie as the best performing candidate with an average score of 6 6 10 This was the first debate in which the opinion section named a winner other than Haley Sarah Isgur described Christie as at his very best Ramaswamy received the lowest average score of 2 0 10 the second straight debate in which he received the lowest score Jamelle Bouie described him as a clown and not even one of the good ones and Peter Wehner described Ramaswamy as a smear merchant 180 A FiveThirtyEight ABC Ipsos poll of debate watchers found a plurality of Republican voters thought that DeSantis was the winner as the same poll reported for the first two debates Ramaswamy was most frequently cited as the loser as he was for the third debate Christie saw the biggest increase in percentage considering following the debate Haley and DeSantis saw the largest decrease in percentage considering although this portion of the poll included Republicans who did not watch the debate Christie also saw the largest increase in net favorability while Ramaswamy saw the largest decrease 181 While viewership for this debate was the lowest of all four Republican debates it was the most viewed program ever on NewsNation and highest rated program on The CW since 2018 drawing 4 21 million viewers with the two networks 182 along with approximately 400 000 viewers on Nexstar s digital platforms 183 Of participating candidates Haley saw the largest increase in support in the two weeks following the debate as she had in all three previous debates However Trump saw a significantly larger increase despite not participating DeSantis saw the biggest decrease in support as he did following the second and third debates Candidates Speaking time CNN 184 DeSantis 21 08 Haley 17 28 Ramaswamy 22 36 Christie 16 52 Candidate Pre debate polls 12 6 185 Post debate polls 12 20 186 Trump 61 0 63 8 2 8 DeSantis 13 5 11 6 1 9 Haley 10 3 10 8 0 5 Ramaswamy 4 9 4 3 0 6 Christie 2 5 2 7 0 2 January 10 2024 Des Moines Iowa edit Qualified candidates for the Iowa debate Candidate Met polling criteria per FiveThirtyEight 187 Invited Attended Additionalref s Total polls Iowa polls DeSantis Yes 14 qualifying polls Yes 3 qualifying polls Yes 188 Yes Haley Yes 11 qualifying polls Yes 3 qualifying polls Yes 33 Yes Trump Yes 15 qualifying polls Yes 3 qualifying polls Yes 34 No Hutchinson No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls No No Ramaswamy No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls No No Christie No 0 qualifying polls No 0 qualifying polls No No Withdrawn candidate nbsp Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley at the CNN Republican Presidential Debate in Des Moines Iowa The fifth Republican primary debate took place in Des Moines Iowa on January 10 2024 and was hosted by CNN and moderated by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash 9 DeSantis commented on Twitter that he was looking forward to debating in Iowa 189 Haley was initially noncommittal about attending the debate 190 though she confirmed on December 15 that she would attend it 191 Trump DeSantis and Haley qualified for the debate 192 Trump declined to participate opting instead to hold a competing town hall with Fox News 34 Ramaswamy podcast host Tim Pool and conservative commentator Candace Owens held a live podcast at Ramaswamy s headquarters in Des Moines 193 Criteria edit The criteria for the fifth debate included Candidates must agree to the rules and the format of the debate Candidates must have three national and or Iowa polls with a minimum of one of the three being a likely voter poll from Iowa at 10 without rounding from the following list of approved pollsters CNN CNN University of New Hampshire Fox News Marquette University Law School Monmouth University Monmouth University The Washington Post NBC News NBC News Des Moines Register Mediacom Quinnipiac University CBS News YouGov Marist College The New York Times Siena College The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post ABC News The polls must be conducted on or after October 15 and must be published by January 2 33 Summary edit Candidate Pre debate Iowa polls 1 10 194 Final Iowa results 186 Trump 52 5 51 0 1 5 Haley 17 5 19 1 1 6 DeSantis 15 8 21 2 5 4 Reactions to the debate were mixed with many criticizing its divisiveness The New York Times Opinion section rated Haley as the winner as they did in three of the first four debates 195 The BBC noted that the candidates attacked each other almost immediately while they were more outspoken in their criticism of Trump The war in Ukraine was another area where the candidates disagreed 196 In The Des Moines Register s review of the debate political science professor Sara Mitchell of the University of Iowa noted that policy debate often gave way to personal attacks 197 Canceled debates editJanuary 18 2024 Goffstown New Hampshire edit ABC had scheduled a sixth debate to take place in Goffstown New Hampshire at St Anselm College on January 18 2024 to be hosted by ABC and local New Hampshire ABC affiliate WMUR TV 198 and moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis 199 Chris Ager the chair of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee confirmed that the debate was sanctioned by the state party 200 Candidates qualified by having two national or two New Hampshire polls at 10 from a list of approved pollsters or by finishing in the top three in the Iowa caucus Trump DeSantis Haley and Christie qualified for the debate according to ABC 201 However Christie dropped out of the race on January 10 202 and both Trump and Haley refused to participate leading ABC to cancel the debate on January 16 11 January 21 2024 Henniker New Hampshire edit CNN had scheduled a seventh debate to take place in Henniker New Hampshire at New England College on January 21 2024 The debate location was initially announced as Saint Anselm College 12 The debate was not coordinated with the New Hampshire Republican State Committee 200 Candidates qualified by having four national or New Hampshire polls at 10 or higher from a list of approved pollsters with a minimum of one coming from New Hampshire Candidates could also qualify by finishing in the top three of the Iowa caucus 33 Trump DeSantis Haley and Christie qualified for the debate according to ABC News 203 However Christie dropped out of the race on January 10 202 and Haley and Trump refused to attend leading CNN to cancel the debate on January 17 13 Controversies editQuestioning of purpose of debates without Trump edit The core purpose of the Republican debates was questioned as they were conducted without the presence of Donald Trump who held a clear lead before and during the debates 204 205 Some anonymous RNC officials have described the debates as embarrassing for not having Trump 206 207 First debate qualification controversy edit The first scheduled debate participants were listed in an RNC press release on August 21 2023 208 Eight candidates qualified according to RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel although three other candidates also claimed they had qualified Elder 56 Johnson 209 and Suarez 210 No initial explanation was given as to why Johnson who had qualified according to Politico s analysis or Suarez who claimed he qualified had been excluded 66 though it was later indicated that one of the polls from Victory Insights which Johnson had used to count towards his total was discarded as it only surveyed voters in 38 states 211 Elder and Johnson announced on August 22 that they would sue the RNC as a result of being excluded 212 Hurd who also failed to make the debate stage strongly criticized the RNC 213 After the RNC press release was publicized Suarez acknowledged that he did not qualify for the debate 214 Johnson 215 and Elder 216 disputed the RNC debate participant list and contended that they had qualified Politico launched its own tracker for debate qualification in March 217 The methodology and requirements for polling were considered to be unclear by many and created areas of discrepancy Politico argued that campaigns and pollsters found the polling requirements to be vague and could be used to eliminate seemingly qualified candidates the RNC did not respond to questions from Politico regarding the polling requirements 80 According to their tracker and analysis of the polling data Johnson qualified for the first debate 66 he issued a press release detailing the timeline sequence of events and correspondence with the RNC and his campaign 218 Johnson stated on August 21 that he will still go to Milwaukee to attend the debate 219 Ultimately neither Elder or Johnson were invited or attended the debate NBC correspondent Dasha Burns posted a picture on social media that was on the security desk that detailed who was not allowed at the debate venue This included Elder and his campaign three Trump staffers Jason Miller Justin Caparole and Danny Tiso and Vivek Ramaswamy campaign credentials Fox News clarified that it was not involved with the production of the document and did not sanction the wording 220 McDaniel defended the criteria stating that they were applied equally to every candidate 221 as did Keith Schipper an RNC spokesman 222 New Hampshire scheduling controversy edit The RNC has warned the New Hampshire state party that if it proceeds with moving the 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary ahead of the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses a presidential debate will not be held there 223 The New Hampshire primary was not subsequently moved Tim Scott third debate qualification controversy edit Up until the final deadline for qualifying neither the New York Times nor Politico confirmed a qualifying national poll where Senator Tim Scott had attained four percent support However Scott s campaign insisted that a little noticed poll conducted in September by YouGov for progressive outlet The Liberal Patriot had him at four percent support 224 FiveThirtyEight believed that the poll would not qualify as the screening question used for determining likely primary voters resulted in the survey including a large number of Democrats in the sample 225 However the RNC ultimately decided to count the poll Family Leader Foundation forum controversy edit The RNC on November 11 initially threatened to disqualify candidates from participating in future debates if they participated in the Thanksgiving Family Forum that was hosted by the Family Leader Foundation on November 17 which the RNC initially considered to be a debate The president of the foundation Bob Vander Plaats indicated the same day that the RNC would allow the forum to go forward with no repercussions for candidates who attend 226 DeSantis Haley and Ramaswamy attended 227 Chris Christie fourth debate qualification controversy edit Christie s campaign announced he met the fundraising threshold on November 13 228 On November 15 Chris Christie claimed to have met all debate criteria while on The Hugh Hewitt Show 229 On November 30 prior to the announcement of invitees Politico reported skepticism of Christie s claims and disputed his polling claims 230 As of December 5 Politico s polling tracker indicated Christie qualified with two national polls 159 Christie claimed on Face the Nation that he was confident that he would qualify and stated on a Fox News Digital interview that he was 100 confident he would be on stage 231 Chris Christie likened his situation to Tim Scott s in his third debate qualification bid While Scott did qualify for the third debate he dropped out later that week 232 Ahead of the first debate Christie stated that anybody not on the debate stage should drop out 233 Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told Sky News Australia on December 3 that he was skeptical Christie qualified 234 On December 4 Axios reported an exclusive look into the fourth debate with pictures of four lecterns on the stage which was indeed the case during the debates as four candidates appeared 235 Between November 30 and December 2 a national poll was conducted by the Trafalgar Group where Christie received 6 3 236 It is noted on Politico s qualification tracker 159 On December 4 the RNC invited Christie to the fourth debate 168 Forums editIn addition to the RNC sanctioned debates many private organizations host forums focusing on select issues and candidates Unlike debates candidates do not respond directly to each other at forums Forums among candidates for the 2024 Republican Party U S presidential nomination No Name Date and place Host Ref Participants P Participant I Invitee N Non invitee A Absent invitee NYD Not yet declared candidacy W Withdrawn Burgum Christie DeSantis Elder Haley Hurd Hutchinson Johnson Pence Ramaswamy Scott Suarez Trump 1 Vision 24 Forum March 18 2023N Charleston SC Palmetto Family Council 237 NYD NYD NYD NYD P NYD P l N NYD P P l NYD A 2 NRA ILA Leadership Forum April 14 2023Indianapolis IN NRA Institute forLegislative Action 238 NYD NYD NYD l m NYD A m NYD P A P l P NYD l m NYD P 3 Spring Kick off Event April 22 2023Clive IA Faith and Freedom Coalition 239 NYD NYD NYD P A P l P P P l P P l NYD A m 4 Roast and Ride June 3 2023Des Moines IA U S Senator Joni Ernst 240 NYD NYD P P P NYD P P P l P P NYD A 5 Road to Majority Policy Conference June 22 2023June 23 2023June 24 2023Washington DC Faith and Freedom Coalition 241 N P P P P P P P P P P P P 6 Joyful Warriors National Summit June 30 2023July 1 2023Philadelphia PA Moms for Liberty 242 N N P N P N P N N P N N P 7 Family Leadership Summit n July 14 2023Des Moines IA The Family Leader 243 N N P N P N P N P P P N A 8 Lincoln Dinner o July 28 2023Des Moines IA Iowa GOP 244 P N P P P P P P P P P P P 9 The Gathering August 18 2023Atlanta GA Erick Erickson 245 N P P N P N N N P P P N N 10 Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition banquet o September 16 2023Des Moines IA Faith and Freedom Coalition 246 N N P P P P P P P P P W N 11 First in the Nation Leadership Summit o October 13 2023 October 14 2023Nashua NH New Hampshire GOP 247 P P P N P W P P P P P W N 12 Republican Jewish Coalition Conference October 28 2023Las Vegas NV Republican Jewish Coalition 248 249 P P P W P W N W P p P P W P 13 Florida Freedom Summit November 4 2023Kissimmee FL Florida Republican Party 250 251 252 P P P W A W P W W P P W P 14 Thanksgiving Family Forum November 17 2023Des Moines IA The Family Leader 227 N N P W P W N W W P W W A 15 Faith and Family with the Feenstras o December 9 2023Sioux Center IA U S Rep Randy Feenstra 253 W N P W P W N W W P W W N The Iowa Brown and Black Forum was initially scheduled for January 13 2024 254 but was cancelled after a lack of responses 255 See also edit2024 Republican Party presidential primaries 2024 Democratic Party presidential debates and forumsNotes edit 1 6 million NewsNation 2 5 million The CW 18 Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge which disqualified him from participating 24 Trump instead participated in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson which aired on Twitter on the night of the debate 25 Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge which disqualified him from participating 24 Trump instead met with auto industry workers and delivered a speech in Detroit 27 Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge which disqualified him from participating 24 Trump instead held a rally in Hialeah 31 Trump refused to sign the loyalty pledge which disqualified him from participating 24 Trump attended a fundraising event for MAGA Inc a Super PAC supporting his candidacy instead 32 Trump declined to attend and instead held a competing town hall with Fox News 34 A pro Suarez PAC SOS America PAC had claimed that Suarez had three additional qualifying polls Two anonymous senior advisors for the Republican National Committee RNC stated that these polls did not meet their outlined criteria 49 50 Elder s campaign had claimed that their candidate had two additional qualifying national polls 56 Pence would have bypassed the state qualifying poll path by having two or more national qualifying polls but dropped out of the race Scott suspended his campaign on November 12 a b c d Candidate bypasses the state polling path by having multiple national qualifying polls a b c d e f g h i Individual was not a formal candidate at time of forum attendance a b c d Appeared in a video message Other invited guests include Kristi Noem and Democrats Joe Biden and Robert F Kennedy Jr all declined a b c d Ryan Binkley also attended Pence announced in his speech that he 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