demographically, 90% of the state is white, and democrats are much more diverse. more, about 60% of the democratic party identified as white. republicans, about 85% white. they didn t have the same reporting issues, but because the democratic party had become more diverse, they re trying to figure out ways to give other states a chance to go first and be part of this process. that s why president biden pushed to have south carolina go first, because south carolina nationally is thought of in a general election as a very conservative state, but in a democrat, primary, about 60% of primary voters are black. that s very different from iowa, a place where the iowa republican party, 60% or so are self-identified white evangelical born-again christians which is why you have the kind of rhetoric that you hear on the republican side and why iowa generally produces a more conservative candidate. and in three of the last four