Some progressive Democrats are fuming that the party's new schedule for 2028 presidential primaries could make it harder for one of their own to win the party's nomination. - A powerful Democratic National Committee panel voted Friday to kick off the primary in South Carolina — the state where progressive icon Bernie Sanders suffered landslide losses in the 2016 and 2020 primaries. Why it matters: The panel's decision came with Democrats already divided over a wave of contentious 2026 primaries that have pitted an insurgent left against the party's more moderate establishment. Zoom in: From Wisconsin to Michigan to Maine , top Democrats are trying to halt the left wing's momentum in the run-up to this year's midterms, favoring…
The DNC's rules panel voted to put South Carolina first in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary lineup, a move party leaders frame as honoring Black voters but critics call a distraction from the party's deeper problems. A powerful Democratic National Committee panel meeting in Minneapolis on Friday chose South Carolina over Nevada and New Hampshire […] The post South Carolina locks in lead-off spot on Democrats' 2028 primary calendar appeared first on American Almanac .
The DNC's rules panel voted to put South Carolina first in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary lineup, a move party leaders frame as honoring Black voters but critics call a distraction from the party's deeper problems. A powerful Democratic National Committee panel meeting in Minneapolis on Friday chose South Carolina over Nevada and New Hampshire to open the party's 2028 nominating contest, setting a proposed primary date of January 22, 2028. The vote was 26, 19 over Nevada, with New Hampshire drawing just four votes, Breitbart reported . The decision cements a shift the DNC began in 2024, when it first bumped New Hampshire from its century-old lead-off position. Now the party is doubling down, expanding the early-voting window to…Open
South Carolina has been preliminarily tapped to hold the first Democratic presidential primary of 2028, as a key panel of party leaders picked the Palmetto State over Nevada on Friday after a contentious, racially fraught debate. Why it matters: It's a coup for Black leaders who argued the party's most loyal voters — represented by South Carolina's large Black population — deserved to have the first chance to weigh in on who should be Democrats' next presidential nominee. - The vote by the Democratic National Committee's powerful Rules & Bylaws panel has to be ratified by the full DNC. Driving the news: The debate exposed divisions across race, ideology and region, pitting Black Democrats against Latino Democrats, progressives…