Michigan will now be the 5th stop in the 2024 Presidential Primary.
The Democratic National Committee made this decision just hours ago, voting to remove Iowa as the top caucus.
Political science experts said this decision was not a surprise.
They say the demographics in Iowa and New Hampshire no longer represent the Democratic party.
Michigan will now host its Presidential primary much earlier than years past.
February 27th, 2024 is the new date for when democrats will decide the leading candidates, heading into the next presidential election.
“Democrats in particular have been talking about how the first two states Iowa and New Hampshire really are not reflective of the diversity of not only the American population but even more so the diversity of democratic voters,” said Sean savage, St. Mary’s College Political Science Professor.
The Democratic National Committee hasn't made a big change like this since 2006.
Michigan now being the 5th to vote means there will be benefits that come along with it.
Like campaign money, which will be spent on advertising, campaign offices, staff and more.
‘One of the pushbacks that you're seeing from other states particularly when it comes to Michigan's suggestions that it move forward is a concern that some of the smaller states will be ignored because they do have less population which means less delegates which means that some folks are concerned that Michigan will get all of the attention and all of the resource," said Elizabeth Bennion, IUSB Political Science Professor.
Political science professors say this push for Michigan have a top primary spot comes as no surprise.
Democrats were very successful in this year's midterm election.
They now control the Michigan Legislature, something that hasn't happened since the 80's.
But on the other side of the aisle, it's not expected that the Republican National Committee will be making any changes to its caucus order.
“The RNC is scheduled to stay the same with Iowa first now that might make a big difference because you have an open seat for the Republicans,” said Mary Young-Marcks, South Western Michigan College Social Sciences Professor.
The new order for the Democratic primaries will be South Carolina, New Hampshire and Nevada on the same day, then Georgia, and finally Michigan.