South Carolina’s first in the nation primary is historic – for the first time, Black voters, Southern voters, and rural voters will all get to have their voices heard first in the presidential election. Now, South Carolina Democrats are 100 days out from re-nominating President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and sending them back to the White House to continue delivering for South Carolina’s working families.
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SCETBV: 100 days out: SC Dems aim to boost voter engagement before 1st in nation primary
- There are 100 days to go until the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary.
- And while the South Carolina GOP primary is catching all the buzz… the state’s Democratic Party chairwoman doesn’t want voters to forget that the state will host not one but two elections in February.
- “This (Democratic) primary is historic,” Chairwoman Christale Spain told SC Public Radio. “It is the first time ever that Black voters, southern voters, rural voters get to all go first and have their voice heard.”
- The Democratic National Committee, chaired by South Carolinian Jaime Harrison, voted earlier this year to put South Carolina first on the Democrats’ 2024 calendar, followed by Nevada, New Hampshire, Georgia and Michigan.
- President Joe Biden supported the plan replacing Iowa’s caucus with South Carolina, where Black voters make up two-thirds of the party’s voting bloc. South Carolina is also credited with giving Biden a boost to the White House in 2020 after struggles in other early-voting states.
- Now, South Carolina will go first on Feb. 3, 2024. (South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary will be held Feb. 24.)
- Until Feb. 3, Spain said Democrats will work to get South Carolinians registered to vote and get voters excited about the primary and the Biden administration’s work.
- “What we’ve been trying to do is make sure that Democrats know what the Biden-Harris administration has accomplished. They’ve done a lot. They’ve made a lot of historic accomplishments in a very short period of time,” said Spain, noting, for example, the millions of dollars that have flowed through South Carolina, in part due to the federal infrastructure law.
- Spain said the party also plans to hold various events across the state, attended by notable Democrats and Biden surrogates, to engage voters and build awareness.
- On Saturday, Congressman Ro Khanna of California and U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will speak in Charleston at the party’s Spratt Issues Conference, what will be the first of a three-part series, Spain said.
- And on Nov. 18, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey will headline a Spartanburg panel on health care and abortion rights.
