WASHINGTON — A potential shakeup to the Democratic presidential nominating process could give South Carolina a rare chance to move up the party’s primary calendar and boost its standing with future White House candidates.
But first, the state’s Democratic leaders want to make sure it doesn’t drop out of the group of early primary states altogether.
Top South Carolina Democrats say that they are taking nothing for granted ahead of a key Democratic National Committee meeting this month, one that will assess whether the party’s much scrutinized presidential primary schedule requires significant changes — including the possibility of outright removing some states’ early status.
