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Democrats Move to Make South Carolina, Not Iowa, 1st Voting State
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida
Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.
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Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024. President Joe Biden argues that the
Iowa lost the political pacesetting position it has held for more than four decades after technical meltdowns sparked chaos and marred results of the state's 2020 caucus.
A key panel supported President Biden’s plan, which would remove Iowa as the first presidential nominating state in favor of South Carolina, followed by New Hampshire, Nevada, Georgia and Michigan.
Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a shake-up championed by President Joe Biden to better reflect the party's deeply diverse electorate.
