{"id":1948791,"date":"2023-06-15T23:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T03:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrat-party-infighting-could-hand-rfk-jr-the-first-two-24-primary-contests-over-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T00:00:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T04:00:52","slug":"how-democrat-party-infighting-could-hand-rfk-jr-the-first-two-24-primary-contests-over-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrat-party-infighting-could-hand-rfk-jr-the-first-two-24-primary-contests-over-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Party infighting may give RFK Jr. an edge in the first two &#8217;24 primary contests over Biden."},"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\">36<\/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%2Fhow-democrat-party-infighting-could-hand-rfk-jr-the-first-two-24-primary-contests-over-biden%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=1948791&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--><h2>Surging 2024 Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Praises Elon Musk&#8217;s Free Speech Battle Against Leftist Censorship<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to pull off one of the most improbable political upsets in American history, and Democrat Party infighting could give the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">long-shot candidate<\/a> a much-needed early boost.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Controversy over Primary Schedule<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Controversy over which states will be the first voters in the 2024 Democratic primary is leading to an increasingly likely scenario where the sitting president won\u2019t be on the ballot in the first two primary contests, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/06\/15\/iowa-new-hampshire-biden-lose-2024-primaries-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Axios. If Iowa and New Hampshire Democrats buck the DNC\u2019s proposed changes to the primary schedule and move forward with voting first, President Joe Biden\u2019s team indicated that the president won\u2019t put his name on the ballots, seemingly ignoring that Iowa and New Hampshire will even hold a caucus and a primary. The potential shakeup would put RFK Jr. as the leading Democratic candidate and most recognizable name on the two states\u2019 ballots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>DNC&#8217;s Decision<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decided<\/a> in February to make South Carolina the first primary state after President Biden said he wanted the Palmetto State to vote first. The DNC was motivated by a desire to put \u201cblack voters at the front of the process,\u201d upending years of tradition where Iowa and New Hampshire were the first states to vote for the Democrat and Republican presidential nominees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Backlash from Iowa and New Hampshire<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\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 wrote in a letter last December. \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 angered Democrats in Iowa and New Hampshire. To comply with the DNC\u2019s recommendation, New Hampshire would need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-ditches-iowa-chooses-south-carolina-as-first-presidential-primary-state-to-prioritize-black-voters\/\" title=\"DNC Ditches Iowa, Chooses South Carolina As First Presidential Primary State To Prioritize Black Voters\">amend state rules<\/a>, and New Hampshire Democrats openly bashed Biden for bumping them down in the primary schedule. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) called the decision process \u201cflawed,\u201d saying that \u201ctop party officials had their own agenda from the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Iowa Democrats were not as openly upset with Biden and the DNC, Iowa Democratic Chair Rita Hart voiced some frustration with the DNC\u2019s process. Hart said the decision showed that Democrats had stopped caring about rural voters, adding that it demonstrated that Democrats had \u201cturned their back on Iowa and rural America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Primary Schedule<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In May, Iowa Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/elections\/presidential\/caucus\/2023\/05\/03\/iowa-democrats-plan-to-hold-2024-caucuses-the-same-day-as-republicans\/70175240007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> they would move forward with holding their caucuses on the same day as Republicans, keeping with tradition. The Iowa Democrats\u2019 proposal to keep the caucus on the same day as Republicans will go to the DNC\u2019s Rules and Bylaws Committee, which will review the party\u2019s primary plan on Friday in Minneapolis, Axios reported. The DNC must work through state laws, party rules, and state party proposals before the primary schedule is officially set.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the DNC aims to hold the South Carolina primary on February 3, 2024, followed on February 6 by New Hampshire and Nevada, Georgia on February 13, and Michigan on February 27.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Biden&#8217;s Strategy<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-not-even-going-to-compete-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire-rfk-jr-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predicted<\/a> last week that Biden wouldn\u2019t \u201ceven put his name in Iowa and New Hampshire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that he did not want to compete in New Hampshire and he wants to go to a state where they \u2026 can control the results more,\u201d Kennedy told radio host Michael Smerconish.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats have floated a write-in campaign for Biden in Iowa and New Hampshire if he isn\u2019t on the ballot, but even if the president loses those states, some embarrassment and bad press would be the most Biden would suffer, according to Jim Messina, Barack Obama\u2019s 2012 campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if a candidate is going to win the first mythical first states of Iowa and New Hampshire, it\u2019s not going to matter,\u201d Messina said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>RFK Jr.&#8217;s Chances<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Democratic Party\u2019s political machine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-democrat-party-infighting-could-hand-rfk-jr-the-first-two-24-primary-contests-over-biden\/\" title=\"Democrat Party infighting may give RFK Jr. an edge in the first two '24 primary contests over Biden.\">superdelegates heavily favor party insiders<\/a>, as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) discovered in his 2016 primary loss to Hillary Clinton. Kennedy, while being a thorn in Biden\u2019s side, stands little chance of threatening the president\u2019s chances at the nomination in any way. Biden consistently polls over 60% compared to RFK Jr.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/24_democratic_presidential_nomination-8171.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real Clear Politics<\/a> average of 16% and self-help author Marianne Williamson sitting around 7%.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to achieve an unlikely political upset in American history. Democrat Party discord may provide the underdog candidate with an essential initial advantage. The ongoing dispute regarding the initial voters in the 2024 Democratic primary raises the possibility of a probable outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1948792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[11999,3620,17014,4912,20433,23357,9883,4787,4909,23694],"class_list":["post-1948791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-11999","tag-biden","tag-contests","tag-democrat","tag-edge","tag-infighting","tag-jr","tag-party","tag-primary","tag-rfk"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}