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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 1d

But RBC-adopted resolution did a whole lot more. I tackle all of it here (including the language of both that resolution and the official Request for Proposals).

And for paid subscribers, I dug deeper into some of the subtext of the RBC meeting and what it portends.
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Now we know what they're looking for.

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met earlier this week and passed a resolution laying out what the party wants in the 4 or 5 early states for 2028.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 1d

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met early last week and passed a resolution setting up the process that will guide how early 2028 presidential primary states are selected. Yes, that set a deadline for when state parties can apply for those calendar slots, but...
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Now we know what they're looking for.

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met earlier this week and passed a resolution laying out what the party wants in the 4 or 5 early states for 2028.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 1d

Of course, Frank!

And thanks once again to the party for allowing these things to be so easily followed (and commented upon!) from afar.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 1d

But RBC-adopted resolution did a whole lot more. I tackle all of it here (including the language of both that resolution and the official Request for Proposals).

And for paid subscribers, I dug deeper into some of the subtext of the RBC meeting and what it portends.
www.fhqplus.com/p/now-we-kno...

Now we know what they're looking for.

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met earlier this week and passed a resolution laying out what the party wants in the 4 or 5 early states for 2028.

www.fhqplus.com

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 1d

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met early last week and passed a resolution setting up the process that will guide how early 2028 presidential primary states are selected. Yes, that set a deadline for when state parties can apply for those calendar slots, but...
www.fhqplus.com/p/now-we-kno...

Now we know what they're looking for.

The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee met earlier this week and passed a resolution laying out what the party wants in the 4 or 5 early states for 2028.

www.fhqplus.com

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d

I added the first state with updated data -- Connecticut -- to my election even early vote analysis. I'll post updates to this post throughout the data as more states' data becomes available open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

2025 Early Vote Pre-Election Update

I'll add to this post throughout the day as data become available

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 6d

Nathan took the assignment seriously. Good thread here.

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 6d

I'll thread a few good works, starting with Pew relatively recently:

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What Americans know about their government

Three-quarters of Americans are familiar with the length of a Supreme Court appointment.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 12d

Read a free sample! It's enough for a citation for sure :)

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12d

In Backlash Presidents, @juliaazari.bsky.social reveals how most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo—and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors.

Read a free sample of this incisive book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#PoliSci #PoliticalScience

Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History by Julia R. Azari. How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo—and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

But I can foresee a shake up to the others with Michigan bringing up the rear before Super Tuesday. [Michigan's already there under current state law.] Path of least resistance for the RBC.

Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

But I agree that the odds favor less change to *which* states are in the early window and more of a shift in terms of the *order* of those states.

At this time I'm bearish on the notion of Michigan going first (it's been floated). Conflicts with the party's proposed efficiency criterion.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

Yep.
Moving MI & NV hinges on whether Dems have unified control. [Neither does now.]
GA depends on who is elected SoS (& a GOP SoS could play ball).
SC can be shifted anywhere. [Unlike other southern states.]
And NH? Well, they are likely going to go first with or without sanction from the party.

Matt Seyfang @mseyfang.bsky.social · 18d

My own supposition here is that Michigan, South Carolina, Nevada and New Hampshire have the inside track on getting early slots with perhaps Georgia being in the mix as well. The order will be very hotly contested, though. And lots of issues about state laws and what Republicans are doing.

Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

The criteria in the draft resolution cited here are consistent with what Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social laid out in an early August interview.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

Still, one thing that was a part of the 2024 process not listed among the 2028 criteria is something that will be as inescapable now as it was for 2024: feasibility.
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DNC Chair Martin lays out early state checklist for 2028

The boxes prospective early calendar states will have to check are potentially a little different than they were for 2024

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

But the draft resolution that will be considered later this month is a bit more robust than those August comments.
www.frontloadinghq.com/2025/10/dnc-...

"DNC set to start process for deciding which states will vote earliest in 2028 presidential primaries"

Hunter Woodall at CBS News provides an update what the Democratic National Committee is likely to look for in states that will make up the e...

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 18d

The criteria in the draft resolution cited here are consistent with what Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social laid out in an early August interview.

CBS News @cbsnews.com · 18d

EXCLUSIVE: The DNC is set to start the process for deciding which states will vote earliest in 2028 presidential primaries.

DNC set to start process for deciding which states will vote earliest in 2028 presidential primaries

A Democratic National Committee panel has drafted proposed standards to help the party decide which states will be the earliest to vote in the 2028 presidential primaries.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 29d

IF the conversation in question was the same episode of The Daily, then there was an oblique reference to the cowbell sketch.

...or at least I read their pointing out that Trump was playing the cowbell in the video that way. But maybe that was just me being too generous!

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · 29d

Was it today's episode of The Daily?

...because neither person in that conversation gave any hint -- none -- that they knew it was based on an actual song. The host's quote was something to the effect of "That's kind of catchy."

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · Oct 1

It looks like the RNC has named the members of the Presidential Nominating Process Committee for the 2028 cycle. That standing committee will examine and recommend changes to the nomination rules over the next (up to) nine months.
www.frontloadinghq.com/2025/10/rnc-...

RNC Chair names members of the 2028 Presidential Nominating Process Committee

September 30 was not just the end of the fiscal year for the federal government. Under the rules of the Republican National Committee (RNC),...

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · Sep 29

there's a lot of attention right now on narratives about election victories/losses so this is your reminder that @smotus.bsky.social and I both have written books on this subject 1/

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · Sep 26

Feeling overwhelmed? Despair? Unending urgency?

My friends feeling this… a few things...🧵
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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · Sep 19

Happy (official) publication day to one of my favorite projects ever!

tldr: Congressional votes on early federal infrastructure policy was influenced by partisan, distributive, and racial considerations

The National Road was an early, but failed, attempt by the United States Congress to build an interstate highway. The Road, which extended through the newly formed western states, led to fierce debate over two interconnected issues. First, should Congress authorize additional routes that would expand the Road beyond its original western route? Second, should the Road remain under federal control or should it be given to the states through which it ran? I find that partisanship was the most consistent predictor of a legislator’s position on these questions. In addition to partisanship, legislators from districts with a larger slave population were also more likely to oppose the Road. Distributive politics also informed representative’s behavior ad those whose districts were more proximate to the Road were more of these projects. In sum, an examination of the politics of the National Road helps to shed light on the interconnection of partisanship, slavery, and distributive politics in early America and its implications for early American political development.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · Sep 9

Here's me today on shutdown politics goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/shutdown-p...

And here's @mattglassman312.bsky.social mattglassman.substack.com/p/a-strategi...

We agree on almost everything, including that a shutdown is mostly a "do something" idea, except our final position...

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · Aug 21

Today at GP/BP: Yeah 2024 for the Dems was mostly just a normal losing year, not a reason for panic. Still looks like a reasonably healthy party to me. And fighting over the next nomination can be part of how healthy parties work. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats: Not Dead

2024 was a normal loss for a reasonably healthy party. That's all.

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · Aug 8

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DNC Chair Martin lays out early state checklist for 2028
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DNC Chair Martin lays out early state checklist for 2028

The boxes prospective early calendar states will have to check are potentially a little different than they were for 2024

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · Aug 6

Got a book you all are going to love, just a few weeks now until it's available press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com · Aug 5

Of course!

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