Michigan will replace Iowa as the first primary contest for Dems

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/jmart/status/1598407602483986458

[prag_prog]

wish it was Nevada but ok with Michigan too. Whitmer is gonna have an advantage in this scenario if she plans to run in 2028

[Gass3268]

wish it was Nevada but ok with Michigan too. Whitmer is gonna have an advantage in this scenario if she plans to run in 2028

This just replaces Iowa with Michigan, it does not yet establish an order.

[Del Tachi]

Good news for potential candidate Gretchen Whitmer*

*Although, probably not...it's 100% downside for favorite son candidates.  No one cares if you win your home state big, but if you underperform it's a death kneel (i.e., Rubio in 2016.) 

[BenjiG98]

Great! Very happy to see Michigan get the honor.

[Suburbia]

Good. Does this help Buttigieg? It should have been Georgia or Florida.

[President Johnson]

Get ready for Big Gretch '28!

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Congratulations to Gretchen Whitmer!

[Landslide Lyndon]

Congratulations to Gretchen Whitmer!

President Tom Harkin agrees.

[SnowLabrador]

Good. It's about damn time we replaced Iowa. Iowans did this to themselves by betraying the Democrats.

[Suburbia]

Congratulations to Gretchen Whitmer!

I don't think Black women will take that well, a white woman overstepping on a Black woman's coronation (Harris).

[Hope For A New Era]

Congratulations to President Whitmer on January 20, 2029, I guess.

It's a pretty good state, all things considered. I still would have preferred Nevada - we really need to make sure potential candidates aren't weak with Hispanics these days - but Michigan does have pretty much every element of the current D coalition except that.

Nevada needs to be second, though.

[MABA 2020]

Good choice, there are other states you could argue for being first but I think Michigan is a much more appropriate choice than Iowa.

[Suburbia]

Congratulations to President Whitmer on January 20, 2029, I guess.

It's a pretty good state, all things considered. I still would have preferred Nevada - we really need to make sure potential candidates aren't weak with Hispanics these days - but Michigan does have pretty much every element of the current D coalition except that.

Nevada needs to be second, though.

I don't think Black women will take to that lightly.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Congratulations to President Whitmer on January 20, 2029, I guess.

It's a pretty good state, all things considered. I still would have preferred Nevada - we really need to make sure potential candidates aren't weak with Hispanics these days - but Michigan does have pretty much every element of the current D coalition except that.

Nevada needs to be second, though.

I don't think Black women will take to that lightly.

Υou haven't the slightest idea what black women think.

[Suburbia]

Congratulations to President Whitmer on January 20, 2029, I guess.

It's a pretty good state, all things considered. I still would have preferred Nevada - we really need to make sure potential candidates aren't weak with Hispanics these days - but Michigan does have pretty much every element of the current D coalition except that.

Nevada needs to be second, though.

I don't think Black women will take to that lightly.

Υou haven't the slightest idea what black women think.

Black women will not see that Harris is leapfrogged

[Minnesota Mike]

wish it was Nevada but ok with Michigan too. Whitmer is gonna have an advantage in this scenario if she plans to run in 2028

This just replaces Iowa with Michigan, it does not yet establish an order.

Michigan just gets the early Midwest slot, order TBD.

[Canis]

Glad Iowa was replaced, MI's a decent choice but I would have preferred IL.

[Del Tachi]

Good. It's about damn time we replaced Iowa. Iowans did this to themselves by betraying the Democrats.

bizarro post LOL

was there a contract written  in blood between Iowa and the Democrats?  haha

[Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist]

Excellent choice. Iowa has screwed up with technical problems far too many times to justify going first, particularly given that it's not especially representative of the Democratic party.

[Gass3268]

Actually Michigan will be 5th

https://twitter.com/ec_schneider/status/1598470081557798912?s=20&t=Jkrv22Nn2...

[Vosem]

Actually Michigan will be 5th

https://twitter.com/ec_schneider/status/1598470081557798912?s=20&t=Jkrv22Nn2...

Congratulations to Jim Clyburn. Also, yeah, this makes a lot more sense given who's running the party. Michigan is a Sanders '16 state and was never going to be allowed to go first.

[Landslide Lyndon]

If South Carolina is first then why put Georgia too before Michigan?

[prag_prog]

pls no SC..if they want a state that has high Black population to be first, why not Georgia? SC is irrelevant in presidential elections & someone like Clyburn's endorsement will hold too much value...Atleast Georgia is a swing state and Georgia also has growing AAPI, Hispanic population.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

So, Harris will be ADVANTAGED IN 2028 OVER NEWSOM IF MI