Biden is not going to seem on the first poll in New Hampshire. Here is why.

President Joe Biden would be the first sitting White Home occupant in historical past to not seem on the first poll of his occasion in New Hampshire early subsequent 12 months. 

The president’s reelection marketing campaign knowledgeable New Hampshire Democrats Tuesday in a letter obtained by CBS Information from Biden marketing campaign officers that whereas he’d like to look on the poll, Mr. Biden “is obligated as a Democratic candidate for President to adjust to the Delegate Choice Guidelines for the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference” set in movement earlier this 12 months.

In accordance with a main calendar first proposed by the president himself, South Carolina would be the first state to carry a main that awards delegates for the Democratic Nationwide Conference in Chicago subsequent 12 months. 

New Hampshire was pushed again additional within the occasion’s calendar, however state regulation requires New Hampshire to host the nation’s first primaries. State Democrats could not persuade state legislators to reverse Granite State statute, however additionally they did not attempt terribly onerous, since they disagreed with the DNC’s choice. Anybody who runs within the January Democratic main will not be awarded delegates by the DNC.

New Hampshire’s presidential candidate submitting deadline is Friday, and Republican presidential contenders have been touring to the State Capitol to file in individual and submit the $1,000 submitting charge. Potential Biden main challengers — together with Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, who has not publicly dominated out a main bid after floating the concept amid his considerations with the president’s age — nonetheless have time.

However the Biden crew would not appear fearful.

Biden marketing campaign supervisor Julie Chavez Rodriguez wrote in her letter to New Hampshire Democrats, “The president appears to be like ahead to having his title on New Hampshire’s basic election poll because the nominee of the Democratic Occasion after formally securing the nomination on the 2024 Democratic Nationwide Conference the place he’ll tirelessly marketing campaign to earn each single vote within the Granite State subsequent November.”

New Hampshire state Democratic Occasion Chairman Raymond Buckley tweeted in response to the president’s choice, “The truth is that Joe Biden will win the NH FITN Main in January, win renomination in Chicago and shall be re-elected subsequent November. NH voters know and belief Joe Biden that is why he’s main Trump in NH by double digits.”

Jacob Rosen contributed to this report.