{"id":1835248,"date":"2023-02-04T16:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T21:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835248"},"modified":"2023-02-04T16:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T21:50:24","slug":"dnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Ditches Iowa, Chooses South Carolina As First Presidential Primary State To Prioritize Black Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1835248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/democratic-national-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> a decision to make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/south-carolina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Carolina<\/a> The first voting state in the 2024 presidential primary was Georgia, which it stated was done to prioritise non-white voters.<\/p>\n<p>The move has allowed the Palmetto State to leapfrog both the Palmetto State and the other. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-hampshire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Hampshire<\/a>Both have traditionally voted for South Carolina&#8217;s president. The DNC says that the decision was made to prioritise black and Latino voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis calendar does what is long overdue,\u201d DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/democrats-make-south-carolina-first-presidential-primary-voting-state-rcna68918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>. \u201cIt puts black voters at the front of the process in South Carolina. It keeps Nevada, where Latinos have been building power \u2026 And it adds Michigan, the heartland, where unions built the middle class of this nation. And Georgia, the forefront of the new South.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic Party looks like America,\u201d Harrison claimed. \u201cAnd so does this proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voting to elect the Democratic presidential nominee will begin in South Carolina, February 3, 2024. New Hampshire and Nevada will follow on February 6, Georgia on February 13 and Michigan on Feb 27. To comply with the DNC\u2019s recommendation, both Georgia and New Hampshire would need to amend state rules meaning that the schedule has not been officially finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Rita Hart, Iowa Democratic Chair was upset by the decision. She stated that it showed Democrats no longer care about rural voters. The decision was a clear indication that Democrats have lost their rural voter care, she stated. \u201cturned their back on Iowa and rural America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Largely beginning in 2016 with former President Donald Trump\u2019s White House victory, rural areas, especially those places with lower-income white people, have voted overwhelmingly Republican, while cities and suburbs have generally favored Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The move was taken after President Joe Biden, who had indicated to Democrats that he wanted it to happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, Black voters in particular have been the backbone of the Democratic Party but have been pushed to the back of the early primary process,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/report-biden-wants-south-carolina-as-first-primary-vote-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Write<\/a> in a December letter. \u201cWe rely on these voters in elections but have not recognized their importance in our nominating calendar. It is time to stop taking these voters for granted, and time to give them a louder and earlier voice in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move could also boost Biden\u2019s chance if he runs again and is contested, as his 2020 campaign was floundering until he won South Carolina where he was backed by key Democrat leaders.<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes after a chaotic 2020 Iowa primary where no candidate emerged as clear winner due to delays and counting mistakes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic National Committee has decided to make South Carolina the first voting state for their 2024 presidential primary, a decision it said was made in part to prioritize non-white voters. 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