VICTOR JOECKS: Democrats spurn Nevada over slow election results

Even Democrats dislike waiting days to learn the outcome of an election. On Friday, the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws panel recommended that South Carolina receive the party’s first presidential primary. If the DNC adopts the proposal, Nevada would follow in second place, with New Hampshire scheduled third. Nevada Democrats had lobbied aggressively to secure the top spot for their state, emphasizing its racial and ethnic diversity. “In Nevada, candidates cannot trust connected 1 constituency unsocial but indispensable gain enactment from Latino, Black, AANHPI, Native American, and achromatic working‑class voters alike,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Rep. Steven Horsford wrote successful a missive to the DNC committee. South Carolina supporters countered that their state’s sizable share of Black Democrats should earn it the nod. “If Nevada gets elevated implicit South Carolina, it would beryllium due to the fact that of their Latino vote,” Christale Spain, seat of the South Carolina Democrat Party, said. “So you would past beryllium telling achromatic voters that you substance little than brownish voters. And I garbage to judge that our enactment wants to nonstop immoderate benignant of connection similar that.” Hispanic voters, instrumentality note. By this logic, the Democratic Party regards them as less valuable than Black voters. As the states presented their cases, Democratic officials