Will Biden’s Primary Schedule Reshuffle Backfire?

The losing Democratic constituency from the Biden reshuffle is the gentry liberals, generally isolated as white college graduates. These days, they’re the leftmost Democratic constituency on many issues.

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President Biden talks to Representative James Clyburn on February 29, 2020 after winning the South Carolina primary. AP/Gerald Herbert

For a president who proclaimed proudly in his annual speech that his policies have made the state of the union good, Joseph Biden betrayed a certain insecurity when, just two days before, he caused the Democratic National Committee to change its presidential primary schedule for 2024.

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