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

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.