The 2020 field of Democrats who lined up to take on Mr Trump smashed records. They comprised the most racially diverse field, the field with the most female candidates, the only field to include an openly gay candidate in the top contenders. And, no surprise here, the field contained the greatest number of candidates to date — 25 at its peak. But with the election fast approaching, the criteria for making the debates is starting to narrow, and the field is starting to thin. Below, we break down who’s left by whether they qualified for the FIRST debate on both, one or neither of the criteria set by the DNC: Breaking 1 per cent in three polls approved by the DNC Tallying 65,000 unique campaign donors, with at least 200 of those donors coming from different states. It’s not a perfect system, but with a field this large, it’s a way to see where a candidate stands in relation to the others. The frontrunners These candidates qualified for the first debates on BOTH criteria: Who is he? The 76-year-old is the former vice-president of the United States and before that, US senator from Delaware. Mr Biden boasts one of the…