Primary Changes
Jul 23rd, 2006 at 8:38 am by Susie
This came out yesterday, but I was busy all day and forgot to post it. Big news for political activists:
In the DNC’s rules committee vote today, Nevada was awarded the nation’s second Democratic caucus and South Carolina was given the second Democratic primary, beating out Arizona, DC, and Michigan in the former case and Alabama in the latter case, according to Hotline On Call. The order for Democrats currently puts Iowa first, followed by Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
However, it remains to be seen whether New Hampshire will move its primary forward in response to today’s vote. A statement from the state party chairman suggests a fight may be coming:
“The short sighted action taking by the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee exacerbates the current problem of frontloading in the primary calendar. In addition to ensuring that the Democratic Party will have a nominee by February 5th after only a handful of states have voted, the committee trampled on the grassroots tradition of the New Hampshire primary. Instead of going door to door and meeting the voters face to face, the candidates will spend millions of dollars on television advertising.”
