Who Do Democrats Need to Win Back in 2028? 12 State Parties Just Answered.

Twelve state parties spent two days asking the DNC to vote early in the 2028 primary. Their pitches doubled as a list of the voters Democrats hope to win back.

A woman votes at an early polling site at East Carolina University as North Carolina begins its midterm primary election, in Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Twelve state parties spent two days this week asking a Democratic National Committee panel to let them vote early in the 2028 presidential primary. Their pitches, whether intentional or not, added up to a single answer to a harder question: Which voters does the party have to win back?

Three groups came up again and again. Latinos. Rural and working-class voters. The South.