When Is The Next Democratic Debate? Key Facts To Know About The Upcoming Forum Featuring 20 Candidates

After the first round of Democratic debates hosted by NBC in Miami, CNN takes its turn moderating the forum next month. The debates will take place once again over two nights, July 30 and 31, in Detroit.

Michigan serves as an interesting backdrop for the candidates, as the swing state was won in 2016 by Donald Trump after six consecutive victories by Democratic presidential candidates. Trump, behind promises to bring back manufacturing jobs to Midwest states, carried Michigan by fewer than 11,000 votes.

Once again, there will be 20 candidates, with 10 candidates taking the stage each night. The candidates will also have to meet the same thresholds to appear at the debates as they did the first time. They will need to hit 1% voter support in three national polls or receive donations from at least 65,000 people, with a minimum of 200 unique donors in at least 20 states.

Here's the list of candidates who are most likely to appear in the July debates:

• Cory Booker
• Bill de Blasio
• Julian Castro
• John Delaney
• Tulsi Gabbard
• Jay Inslee
• Amy Klobuchar
• Robert "Beto" O'Rourke
• Tim Ryan
• Elizabeth Warren
• Joe Biden
• Michael Bennet
• Pete Buttigieg
• Kirsten Gillibrand
• Kamala Harris
• John Hickenlooper
• Bernie Sanders
• Eric Swalwell
• Marianne Williamson
• Andrew Yang

Gov. Steve Bullock of Montana, Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, Mayor Wayne Messam of Miramar, Florida, and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel didn't qualify for the first round of debates but could possibly make it to the July stage if they meet the thresholds.

More details will be released by the Democratic National Committee over the coming weeks.

After the July debates, there will be debates in September where it will be more difficult to appear on stage. Candidates will need at least 2% support in the polls and 130,000 unique donors, with at least 400 donors each in at least 20 states. These debates will be hosted by ABC and Spanish-language news service Univision.

These tougher standards may mean that candidates will need to campaign much harder in order to make it on the stage in September, and chances are some of the weaker candidates may drop out by that point. They will then have to go through nine more Democratic primary debates before the DNC nominates a candidate for President at the national convention on July 13, 2020.

The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses will take place on Feb. 3, 2020.