Democrats' 2024 Primary Plans Get More Complicated

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🗓️ 10 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The Democratic National Committee announced South Carolina would supplant Iowa and New Hampshire as the first state in the party's 2024 nominating contests, but not everyone in the DNC is convinced it's a good idea. Meanwhile, New Hampshire and Georgia missed a DNC-imposed deadline on aligning their primaries with the party's proposed timelines. How will things shake out before the next presidential campaigns start in earnest?

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, political reporter Barbara Sprunt, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Hollows from Maui Hawaii. I am currently the captain of a dive boat that is off the coast of
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0:14.1	12.31 pm eastern time on Tuesday, January 10th of 2023.
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0:47.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I must m'hawai it. I cover the White House. I'm Barbara
0:51.7	Spren. I cover politics. And I'm Dominic Omonton, our senior political editor and correspondent.
0:56.3	And today on the show, we're going to dig into a Democratic party that seems to be at a crossroads.
1:01.9	Democrats have been trying to reform their presidential nominating process. You know,
1:05.6	that's the primaries and caucuses that are held every four years to select a nominee.
1:09.7	Well, in trying to reform this system, the Democratic party has realized a hard truth.
1:14.8	It is impossible to satisfy the entire party. Iowa in New Hampshire historically have gone first,
1:20.8	but those dates are not particularly diverse. They are not particularly representative of the rest
1:25.4	of the country or the Democratic party. So, Democrats said, okay, we're going to shake things up for 2024.
1:30.4	They decided that they're going to change the order this time around. But that process has not been
1:35.4	going so smoothly. Before we talk about what is going on in the process, I want to understand
1:41.3	actually from both of you, Dominic O'embarbra, like, why does it matter which state goes first?
1:48.0	Explain that to us. Well, it's the big show. You know, it's the first time up people campaign for
1:54.2	really almost two years now ahead of these presidential elections. And these campaigns focus on
1:59.6	these early states because they know it will get them the most attention, get them the most
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