Commentary
I’m sure you remember the Democratic primary debates from the last presidential election. They started out featuring 20 candidates over June 26-27, 2019 in Miami. The same on July 30-21 in Detroit. Then it was cut to 10 or 12 candidates in three more debates; followed by five debates with six or seven candidates. Finally, there was just Joe Biden vs. Bernie Sanders on March 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C.