Mara Eliason
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first heard Jul 2025
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Instead, it will begin with South Carolina and then Nevada.
Democrats say because those states are more diverse, Black and Hispanic voters will represent the Democratic Party more fully and help the party nominate candidates more able to win a general election.
After South Carolina and Nevada, the Democrats have slotted New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan, and then Virginia.
Mara Liason, NPR News.
totally out
moving to put states higher up in the lineup that are more diverse, that represent not just the Democratic Party more fully, but maybe the general electorate.
So in South Carolina is going to be number one, there are more black voters there, Nevada will be number two, a lot of Hispanic voters there, and a lot of Union voters.
And this is the Democratic Party's attempt to get the primary calendar more in line with the general electorate.
I am totally out of control.
For the twenty twenty-eight presidential elections, the democrats' calendar will no longer begin with primaries or caucuses in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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Two small rural white states.
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Instead, it will begin with South Carolina and then Nevada.
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Democrats say because those states are more diverse, black and Hispanic voters will represent the Democratic Party more fully and help the party nominate candidates more able to win a general election.
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After South Carolina and Nevada, the Democrats have slotted New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan, and then Virginia.
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Mara Lyason, NPR News.
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Al Sayed won the primary by doing very well with young people and white college educated voters, but he wasn't able to win African American voters, an important part of the Democratic Party's base.
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The electorate in November will be older, whiter, and less college educated.
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Unlike deep blue places like New York City, where progressive Democrats were assured of victory once they won the Democratic primary, Michigan is a swing state where Donald Trump won twice, and Al Sayyed will have to get votes from independent and moderate voters.
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Mara Lyason, NPR News.
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in January of twenty twenty one.
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