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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sun Jun 14, 2015, 04:22 AM Jun 2015

2016 presidential primary and caucus schedule(from Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016#Schedule_of_primaries_and_caucuses

February
Monday, February 1: Iowa caucus
Tuesday, February 9: New Hampshire
Saturday, February 20: South Carolina
Tuesday, February 23: Nevada caucus
March
Tuesday, March 1: Alabama; Arkansas; Colorado caucuses; Georgia; Massachusetts; Minnesota caucuses; North Carolina; Oklahoma; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia;
Saturday, March 5: Louisiana
Tuesday, March 8: Mississippi; Michigan
Tuesday, March 15: Florida; Illinois; Missouri; Ohio[45]
Tuesday, March 22: Arizona; Utah caucuses [46]
Saturday, March 26: Washington caucuses;Alaska caucuses[47] Hawaii caucus[48]
April
Tuesday, April 5: Maryland; Washington, DC; Wisconsin
Tuesday, April 26: Connecticut; Delaware; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island
May
Tuesday, May 3: Indiana
Tuesday, May 10: Nebraska; West Virginia
Tuesday, May 17: Kentucky; Oregon
June
Sunday, June 5: Puerto Rico
Tuesday, June 7: California; Montana; New Jersey; New Mexico; South Dakota

(If you see any errors in this schedule, please post)

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2016 presidential primary and caucus schedule(from Wikipedia) (Original Post) Ken Burch Jun 2015 OP

It's weird that California has kept their primary in June. Ken Burch Jun 2015 #1

Would have been nice for Oregon, Washington, and California to coordinate davidpdx Jun 2015 #3

That's true. Ken Burch Jun 2015 #4

I'm a bit surprised the first primary got shoved back to Feb davidpdx Jun 2015 #2

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

1. It's weird that California has kept their primary in June.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 04:30 AM

Jun 2015

You'd think they WANTED to be irrelevant or something.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

3. Would have been nice for Oregon, Washington, and California to coordinate

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:53 AM

Jun 2015

an election day for the primary. It really wouldn't have been that hard. I mean Washington is in April, California is in June so May 17th would have worked.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

4. That's true.

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:09 PM

Jun 2015

Although think of how much power the West Coast could have in the process if all those primaries and caucuses(and Alaska's)were held on, say, the first Tuesday in March.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

2. I'm a bit surprised the first primary got shoved back to Feb

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Jun 14, 2015, 06:51 AM

Jun 2015

But in a sense I am also happy because it allows people to come back from the holidays and not feel like the campaign is breathing down their necks. Also I noticed things are a bit more spread out which is also nice. With five states left on June 7th maybe that will help make the April and May states more relevant.

Good to know though. I'm going to print out a copy.

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