Black And Hispanic Democrats Whip Out The Knives Over Who Runs 2028

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Black And Hispanic Democrats Whip Out The Knives Over Who Runs 2028

A bitter fight is brewing within the Democratic Party as black and Hispanic leaders battle over which voting bloc should wield the greatest influence in choosing the party’s 2028 presidential nominee.

The “racially fraught” debate, reported by Axios, centers on whether South Carolina or Nevada should hold the first competitive Democratic presidential primary, a decision that could shape which of the party’s leftist contenders gain an early advantage in what is expected to be a crowded field.

Black voters have long been the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituency, while the party leaders are also eager to rebuild support among Hispanic voters after steep losses in 2024. According to Axios, Democratic leaders remain divided over which state should go first.

Rev. Al Sharpton recently blasted chatter to strip South Carolina of its first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary, warning that doing so would betray the party’s most reliable voting bloc.

“You don’t forget who showed up for you when nobody else would,” Sharpton said. “Black voters have shown up for the Democratic Party again and again.”

“To turn around now and push South Carolina to the back of the line would be a slap in the face to the very voters who’ve kept this party alive,” Sharpton added. “This isn’t about one state’s ego. It’s a test of whether the Democratic Party actually means it when it says black voters are the backbone of this coalition, or whether that’s just something we say during election years and quietly walk back once the votes are counted.”

South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Christale Spain echoed that concern.

“If Nevada gets elevated over South Carolina, it would be because of their Latino vote. So you would then be telling black voters that you matter less than brown voters. And I refuse to believe that our party wants to send any type of message like that,” she told The New York Times.

At the same time, a coalition of Latino groups has launched an 11th-hour campaign to move Nevada to the front of the presidential calendar, where nearly registered voters identifies as Latino, arguing the state better reflects the Democratic Party’s changing coalition.

“The committee’s decision on which state will vote first in the 2028 Democratic presidential nominating process is a profound opportunity for the Democratic Party to better engage the voters who reflect the diversity of our nation, including Latinos,” the heads of Voto Latino and the Latino Victory Project wrote to the DNC, according to Axios.

The Democratic Party’s shift away from Iowa and New Hampshire, which are overwhelmingly white, toward more diverse states like South Carolina and Nevada, marks the party’s continued embrace of identity politics. On Wednesday, a New Hampshire primary poll pointed to an early shake-up in the 2028 presidential race, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a Hispanic, leading the Democratic field.

Conservative political consultant Ryan Girdusky argued South Carolina would ultimately benefit establishment-backed candidates over far-Left figures.

“I’ve been saying this for months, they are going to pick South Carolina because black voters in the Deep South are going to reject a DSA-style candidate, and they’re not going to risk picking a Mamdani/AOC type,” Girdusky warned on X.