Gabbard Accuses ‘Arbitrary’ DNC of Rejecting Poll From Accepted Pollster

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) speaks during the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, on Oct. 15, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is refusing to accept a poll that shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) at 6 percent, according to the Democratic presidential contender.

The committee has recognized Suffolk University as one of the accepted pollsters for debate qualifying purposes when it carried out a poll for USA Today, but the committee declined to accept a Suffolk poll conducted for the Boston Globe, Gabbard’s campaign said.