A Democratic National Committee panel approved Biden’s plan, which aims to better reflect the country’s diversity.
, explaining his reasoning for the shake-up to the nominating calendar. He emphasized the influence of the initial contests, and why he thought they should represent America’s diversity, “economically, geographically, demographically.”
“Too often over the past fifty years, candidates have dropped out or had their candidacies marginalized by the press and pundits because of poor performances in small states early in the process before voters of color cast a vote,” Biden wrote. “Just like my Administration, the Democratic Party has worked hard to reflect the diversity of America – but our nominating process does not,” he wrote. “It is time to update the process for the 21st century.”Although the DNC’s rule-making arm took the first step toward making South Carolina the first state to hold a primary, the entirety of the DNC still has to“I didn’t ask to be first,” said House Majority Whip and South Carolina’s lone Democrat Rep.
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