A new Morning Consult/Politico poll, conducted May 17-19, found 64 percent of Democratic voters said it was appropriate for their presidential candidates to appear on Fox News for the forums, compared with 15 percent who said it was inappropriate. The sentiment was shared by voters overall, as well as independents and Republicans.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has said she will not participate in a town hall event on the network, with Warren calling it part of a “hate-for-profit machine,” and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is reportedly not entertaining participating.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg of Indiana was the latest 2020 contender to participate in a Fox News event. Speaking Sunday before an audience in New Hampshire with host Chris Wallace, Buttigieg acknowledged the criticism from some other Democrats, and joined the critique of some of the network’s opinion content.

“There is a reason why anybody has to swallow hard and think twice before participating in this media ecosystem,” Buttigieg said during the event, calling out two Fox News opinion hosts by name, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, for their disparaging comments about immigrants. “But I also believe that even though some of those hosts are not always there in good faith, I think a lot of people tune in to this network who do it in good faith.”