Candidate criteria for the January 17, 2015 NBC News—YouTube Democratic Candidates Debate is as follows:
To qualify, candidates must reach an average of 5 percent either nationally or in Iowa, New Hampshire, or South Carolina in the five most recent polls recognized by NBC News (from the list below) published before January 14, 2016.
National Polls
- NBC News/Wall Street Journal
- NBC News /SurveyMonkey
- ABC News/Washington Post
- CBS News/New York Times
- CNN/ORC
- Fox News
- Bloomberg Politics
- McClatchy/Marist
- Quinnipiac University
- USA Today/Suffolk
- Monmouth University
- Pew Research Center
Iowa State Polls
- NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist
- Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics
- Fox News
- CNN/ORC
- Quinnipiac University
- Monmouth University
- Loras College
New Hampshire State Polls
- NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist
- CNN/WMUR
- Fox News
- WBUR
- Boston Globe/Suffolk University
- Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm
- Monmouth University
- Boston Herald/Franklin Pierce University
South Carolina State Polls
- Winthrop University
- CNN/ORC
- Fox News
- Monmouth University
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