Five presidential candidates have taken to the stage in Miami for the third Republican debate. But as soon as once more frontrunner Donald Trump shouldn't be in attendance. The talk subject has continued to slim as the standards to make the stage, as set by Republican Party leadership, will get harder. The candidates will likely be trying to solidify support before the first actual contest within the Republican nomination course of, the Iowa caucus, on 15 January. To qualify, candidates needed at the least 4% assist in two nationwide polls, or 4% in one nationwide poll as effectively in two polls from 4 of the earliest states within the nomination contest: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Additionally they had to have 70,000 particular person campaign donors geographically dispersed around the nation and to signal a pledge promising to support the eventual Republican nominee. Seven candidates have been on stage for the last debate. Former Vice President Mike Pence has since dropped out, and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum didn't qualify this time around. Mr Trump has consistently said he is not going to debate his rivals, and on Wednesday night time he will engage in a little counterprogramming, holding a rally at a football stadium a few half-hour drive away. When and the place is the debate? The two-hour debate started at 20:00 Eastern (01:00 Thursday GMT) on the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. It's being broadcast on US tv by NBC and on radio by conservative Christian community Salem. Online the talk is being livestreamed by video site Rumble and translated into Spanish by Telemundo. The moderators are NBC journalists Kristen Welker and Lester Holt, along with Salem radio host Hugh Hewitt. The Republican Jewish Coalition can be one in all the talk partners and the battle within the Middle East is prone to be one of many subjects of dialogue, along with the economic system, immigration and naturally Mr Trump himself. Republicans: Who are the challengers to Trump? Ms Haley, 51, impressed some voters throughout the first two debates, and now stands third in most polls behind second-place Mr DeSantis. The only lady within the race, she served as ambassador to the UN beneath Mr Trump, and has tried to portray herself as a relative average with in depth international coverage experience. After 38-12 months-previous Mr Ramaswamy acquired a surge of early enthusiasm, different candidates have sniped at his lack of political experience. In one of many sharpest traces from the last debate, Ms Haley criticised his use of TikTok, calling the Chinese-owned app "dangerous". Mr Scott, 58, the one African-American in the race, garnered some attention during the final debate together with his feedback about race. Mr DeSantis' schooling policies in Florida, where new pointers instructed that there were personal advantages for slaves who developed skills. Mr Scott said, earlier than going on to criticise Democrat-backed social welfare applications. Mr Scott's feedback were lauded by conservative commentators, however haven't translated into a major increase within the polls. Mr Christie, 61, has been pitching himself as a staunch opponent of Mr Trump and called him "Donald Duck" final time for sitting out the debates. He'll nearly definitely continue his line of attack, but he too languishes close to the again of the pack. The stark reality for the challengers is that point is rapidly operating out for any of them to make actual inroads into Mr Trump's lead. That's more than forty four points forward of his nearest challenger, Mr DeSantis. And the former president's help amongst Republican voters has held very regular - it has been above 50% since April, in line with polling website FiveThirtyEight. And despite the fact that the sphere has shrunk - barely - the rest of the candidates continue to split the anti-Trump vote. The fourth debate will take place on 6 December in Alabama, with the factors toughing up once again - candidates may have to reach 6% in the polls to qualify for that contest. Who're the Republican candidates in New Hampshire?