{"id":520484,"date":"2022-12-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-triggers-democratic-battle-with-primary-vote\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:00:00","slug":"biden-triggers-democratic-battle-with-primary-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-triggers-democratic-battle-with-primary-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden triggers Democratic battle with primary vote\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276a6332a4a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276a6332a4a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-triggers-democratic-battle-with-primary-vote\/#Biden_triggers_Democratic_battle_with_primary_vote\" >Biden triggers Democratic battle with primary vote\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Biden_triggers_Democratic_battle_with_primary_vote\"><\/span>Biden triggers Democratic battle with primary vote\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/illustration_bidenjoe_120222mm-ap-see-credits_primaries.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Biden\u2019s push to elevate South Carolina in the early primary calendar\u00a0set off\u00a0a fight\u00a0this week\u00a0between Democrats pleased\u00a0with the changes\u00a0and those seeking to protect their early voting status.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic National Committee\u2019s (DNC) rules panel <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved a shake-up to the schedule on Friday afternoon that would oust Iowa as the first caucus state in the presidential election cycle and replace it with South Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>After the Palmetto State, voters in Nevada and New Hampshire would head to the polls on the same day, followed by Georgia and subsequently Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>The vote came\u00a0after calls to replace the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary\u00a0had\u00a0escalated from lawmakers, party leaders and operatives\u00a0who had pushed\u00a0for more diversity to set the tone of the nominating contest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly we were disappointed,\u201d Rep. Ann Kuster (D-N.H.) told reporters on Friday. \u201cThe New Hampshire delegation made our case to the White House for keeping our first-in-the-nation status.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) was more explicit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly oppose the President\u2019s deeply misguided proposal for changes to the primary calendar,\u201d Hassan wrote on Friday in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> before\u00a0the vote.\u00a0\u201cMake no mistake, New Hampshire\u2019s law is clear and our primary will continue to be First in the Nation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The DNC has yet to formally adopt the new schedule, but is expected to decide in 2023 at a larger meeting.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On paper, Iowa and New Hampshire, which have voted first and second for decades, are strikingly similar. They are both small and rural with largely white populations, a composition\u00a0that created\u00a0tensions among Democrats in other states who say they create a skewed vision of who should be nominated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden leaned into that argument this week, presenting a case for more diversity in the party\u2019s primary calendar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is time to stop taking these voters for granted, and time to give them a louder and earlier voice in the process,\u201d\u00a0Biden wrote in a letter to the Democratic National Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While Democrats in the first two states agree with the idea of giving more prominence to voters of color, some are simultaneously frustrated about\u00a0likely losing\u00a0their coveted status.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really hope it doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d said JoAnn Parmer Hardy, a lifelong Iowan and Democratic county party chair from Mason City. \u201cI don\u2019t care if they change the caucus. I just love the date.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Iowa, things have been contentious for some time. The Hawkeye State, which has voted first for 50 years, was downgraded in many Democrats\u2019 minds after a tech screw-up meant to make it easier to vote caused a confusing scene and sowed distrust in the process on caucus day\u00a0in 2020, prompting broader questions about the setup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden explicitly said that he wants to do away with the caucus process in his letter to the DNC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party should no longer allow caucuses as part of our nominating process,\u201d he wrote, adding that \u201cit should be our party\u2019s goal to rid the nominating process of restrictive, anti-worker caucuses.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hardy agrees the process needs work, calling it \u201cunwieldy.\u201d\u00a0But she doesn\u2019t believe the date should be reordered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate caucuses,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I love the calendar.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A substantial bump off the first month of voting would change the nature of grassroots organizing, Hardy suggested, where local activists and workers spend a year in advance of the event and Democrats work with volunteers to raise money and help promote more marginal contenders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, but we won\u2019t get to meet the candidates,\u201d she said. \u201cWe study up on the issues and we ask them good questions. We\u2019ll really miss that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The anxiety from Iowa and New Hampshire Democrats played out as South Carolina lawmakers and party operatives, meanwhile, were expressing their excitement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a huge step,\u201d said Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strategist based in Columbia, S.C., and close ally of Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who delivered Biden a significant endorsement at a critical moment before South Carolinians cast their ballots in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in the early window is important, but being first sends a strong message about how much the president thinks of the most loyal and consistent voting bloc in our party, and that\u2019s Black voters,\u201d Seawright said. \u201cIt\u2019s a recommendation from the president.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>South Carolina holds a special fondness and electoral importance to\u00a0Biden. He won the state handily during the last Democratic presidential primary and the victory effectively turbocharged his campaign, which had been lagging after poor performances in Iowa and New Hampshire.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democrats who support the move said that changing the lineup would show that the party intends to do more than court Black voters during election time and will give something back to the base that has been critical to Democrats\u2019 successes at the ballot box.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sends a message that South Carolina has proven to be a political laboratory to test a candidate\u2019s message, to test their ability to navigate the geographic terrain,\u201d said Seawright.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The enthusiasm for broader representation is not confined to the Southern\u00a0contest. Even some Democrats who have spent time in smaller rural states are acknowledging that the party needs to promote more diverse places first.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve worked in New Hampshire, a lot of the voters on the ground would always ask candidates how are they going to resonate with people of color?\u201d said Michael Ceraso, who was a state director in New Hampshire for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and also helped\u00a0Sen. Bernie\u00a0Sanders\u00a0(I-Vt.)\u00a0there. \u201cThis is the way they do that,\u201d he said, backing the South Carolina-first pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a candidate running for president \u2026 instead of having to run for office in predominantly white communities, you\u2019re now going to create a campaign strategy to focus and target your policies with voters who are often overlooked and marginalized, but are also critical to you winning or losing a presidential primary,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michigan was also affected by the rules committee\u2019s reshuffle. It is now poised to hold the fifth primary.<\/p>\n<p>The state is among Democrats\u2019 most crucial for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election. Biden captured it by less than 3 percent in 2020, and in November Democrats turned the state legislature blue, a show of force that caught the attention of national operatives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Michigan Democrats were elated at the prospect of moving up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows that any road to the White House goes through the heartland of America,\u201d Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said on Capitol Hill about Biden. \u201cWe fought for years that no one state should have a lock on going first.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said she wasn\u2019t aware of how the president came to his decision, but remained optimistic for her own state\u2019s chances for a better position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just happy to be in the first handful,\u201d she said.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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