Minneapolis (AP) – The Democratic National Committee is seriously considering the party’s primary calendar in 2028. And South Carolina-the State, who organized the first competition of the Democrats in 2024 far from going first.
According to several members of the novel DNC management team, this is, including Chairman Ken Martin.
“The idea that we simply stamp the same old calendar is not likely what will happen,” Martin told the Associated Press.
In close compliance with political insiders, the order of the state nomination process of the individual parties has significant effects on the economies of the states involved, the candidates and ultimately on the nation.
The changes can also be the way the next presidential code has already started – at least informal. Half a dozen prospects of the President have already started to make the states that survived the calendar last time: South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa Chief among them.
The potential candidates may have to change their travel plans.
Why the ‘early states’ can change
While Democrats and Republicans have the authority to change their calendar every four years, the same states of states – Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada – have dominated the process for decades.
The Democrats, led by former President Joe Biden, gave South Carolina the opening position in 2024 instead of Iowa and New Hampshire to nod the faithful base of the party’s black voters while adding Georgia and Michigan to the so -called early window.
But now a novel group of party officers is ruling the calendar process. Martin replaced former chairman Jaime Harrison, born in South Carolina at the beginning of the year. And 32 of the 49 members of the committee for mighty rules and statutes that vote on a novel calendar before switching to the entire Gremme of the party are novel to the committee.
“We are not connected to the way we always did,” said Shasti Conrad, deputy DNC chairman of DNC, who is a newcomer to rules and statutes and also makes the Democratic Party of Washington.
“A priority for me is that there are large color communities in these countries,” said Conrad.
In which states could South Carolina replace?
When democratic civil servants gathered in Martin’s home state of Minnesota for their summer meeting this week, there were several private conversations about whether South Carolina, a reliable republican state, was to be replaced by another southern state, which is considered a swing state in the general elections. North Carolina and Georgia are considered the early favorites when a change is made.
Martin himself said South Carolina could lose his top position. But he explained the trust that a state with a gigantic black population, if not in South Carolina, will be prominently presented in the next nomination process of the Democrats.
“The most reliable constituency of the Democratic Party is clearly black voters and they will play an outstanding role in the selection of our candidate,” said Martin. “And whether it is South Carolina or some other states, they assure that it is certain that a state is in the mix that actually fights against their candidates with African -American voters is really crucial that we can win in November.”
States lobby for spots
Managers from several countries who hoped to have an opening slot in private discussions with influential DNC members this week. Others have started to express themselves publicly. Officials from Nevada and Iowa have publicly campaigned in the past few days.
Nevada Democrats released a memo on Wednesday and argues that it should win the top position in 2028 if the party “seriously is to regain the voters of the working class”.
“In view of the challenges with which we rebuild our party brand, we cannot afford to have mostly college training, white or less competitive states to choose the candidates of our party,” wrote Hilary Barrett, managing director of the Nevada Democratic Party.
Harrison said that he would “fight like hell” to ensure that South Carolina in 2028 kept the top priority.
“If you look at every presidential area that we have had in the past 20 years, South Carolina was a better predictor than Nevada, Iowa or New Hampshire in relation to the selection of the later candidate, Harrison said.” And that is because our people are not ideological. … no, the majority of black voters are not conservative or progressive. They are pragmatic. “
Harrison noted that South Carolina struggled for the first time in 2024 that there was no real competition for bidges.
“I think it’s a big slap in the face when you say that you don’t even give South Carolina the opportunity to be first in the nation in an open primary process, right?” he said.
What’s next in the process?
The debate will not be decided this year.
The rules and statute committee will organize a session in September to formulate how the calendar selection process will submit. Martin said a number of meetings would follow all autumn, winter and next spring.
The chairman of the Democratic Party in New Hampshire, Ray Buckley, one of the few veterans who remain their place for rules and statutes, found that New Hampshire is based on the wishes of the DNC to open the state of the state of the country.
Of course, New Hampshire held the calendar of DNC 2024. In the past few days, Iowa has also threatened to become Rogue in 2028 when it has been skipped again.
“Everyone has the opportunity to do their case,” said Buckley. “New states, interesting states, will do their case. And I have the belief that the process will be fair.”
