Iowa and New Hampshire are not guaranteed to be first contests for Democrats in 2024 (official resolution)

Montana NPR ^ | April 13, 2022 | Juana Summers

[Republicans 2016 2020]

It's official: Iowa and New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation status as the caucus and primary openers of the presidential campaign season is no longer guaranteed after the Democratic National Committee approved a resolution that significantly changes the way the party picks its presidential candidates.

"I personally believe, and I think I'm not speaking just for myself, that this is a powerful resolution of a thoughtful process that is going to be inclusive of all Democrats," said Jim Roosevelt Jr., who co-chairs the Rules and Bylaws Committee, after the measure passed Wednesday night. "That's our goal."

The resolution upends the traditional presidential nominating calendar for Democrats, which has seen the Iowa caucuses go first, followed by primaries in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Iowa and New Hampshire have been first and second since 1972.

Instead, the newly adopted resolution will require states or territories to make the case for themselves to be included in a batch of states to have early contests ahead of Super Tuesday in early March.

[Chewbarkah]

The Dems would prefer to have their first primary in Philadelphia where the results will be ... predictable.

[M-cubed]

Yes...and Detroit and Atlanta as well ..they deserve to be 1st as they have 100% voter turnout too.../s

[ifinnegan]

They couldn’t even count their votes there in 2020.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Anyone who votes for a Democrat is a psychopath!

[j.havenfarm]

We’ll, Iowa should lose their spot simply because of their gargantuan incompetence. We still don’t know who won on the rat side in’20. Beyond that, who cares? I love the typically Byzantine process they’ve set up to camouflage their intent that state(s) with heavy minority population will go first. Anything that will create friction and bad feelings inside the party is fine by me

[Dr. Franklin]

We’ll, Iowa should lose their spot simply because of their gargantuan incompetence. We still don’t know who won on the rat side in’20. Beyond that, who cares? I love the typically Byzantine process they’ve set up to camouflage their intent that state(s) with heavy minority population will go first. Anything that will create friction and bad feelings inside the party is fine by me

The Big Steal started in Iowa in January 2020 when they stole Bernie's victory. The Dem primaries, when they had to steal "victories" for Bidet, was just the dress rehearsal for stealing the election after the polls closed on Nov. 4, 2020.

[FarCenter]

their intent that state(s) with heavy minority population will go first

This will help ensure that a candidate is chosen who cannot win nationally.