South Carolina replaces the famed Iowa caucuses as the first in the nation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PHILADELPHIA - The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved President Joe Biden’s shakeup of the party’s 2024 primary calendar, giving Black voters a greater say in the nominating process and carving an easier path for Mr Biden’s expected re-election bid.
The promotion of South Carolina and Georgia reflects a demographic balancing decades in the making for the Democratic Party at the expense of two largely white states that rejected Mr Biden in 2020. The move faced opposition from leaders in Iowa and New Hampshire, who are being pushed down the nominating calendar and vowed to defy the new schedule and hold elections on their own schedule. Any change to those calendars would require support from Republicans who control government and oppose the move.
In Georgia, Democrats want to move up the calendar, but Republicans in the state who control government are opposed to the shift. The conference underscored Mr Biden’s tightening grip on a party that was openly sceptical of his viability and concerned about his age heading into November’s midterm elections, only to see Democrats significantly outperform expectations and reset the narrative.
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