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The Democratic National Committee on Friday announced higher polling and donor thresholds to qualify for the party’s sixth presidential candidates debate in December.

The changes are slight, but they mean the December debate will likely feature the smallest group so far.

In order to make it to the stage, candidates will have to reach 4 percent support — as opposed to 3 percent for the next, Nov. 20 debate — in at least four DNC-approved polls of primary voters nationally or in the early-voting states of South Carolina, Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.

Alternatively, the presidential hopefuls can make the cut by hitting 6 percent — previously, the figure was 5 percent — in two DNC-approved early-state polls.

As for changes to the donor threshold, candidates must get donations from 200,000 unique donors, with a minimum of 800 donors in 20 states, territories or the District of Columbia.

The DNC announced Friday that the sixth debate, hosted by PBS and Politico, will take place Dec. 19 at UCLA in Los Angeles. The deadline to meet the updated qualifications is Dec. 12.

But first up is the MSNBC-Washington Post debate Nov. 20 in Georgia.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced Thursday that she met the qualifications for the November debate, joining former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kamala Harris, Sen. Cory Booker and businessmen Tom Steyer and Andrew Yang.

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