Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumI am in the "Acela corridor" of voters. My primary is late, April 28. Why?
What was the purpose of having our states so late in the primary season? The Google machine didn't help me much.
Can anyone tell me why this is so?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tblue37
(65,501 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)Just saying.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)One reason might be that, in a very, very close race, those states would have an opportunity to make the difference. That could be the reasoning behind it. I don't know, though. It would be interesting to talk to the people on whatever DNC committee has the most input into primary scheduling. I don't know who they are, actually.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tavernier
(12,410 posts)skew final numbers by discouraging voters. Not that I think results will be different, but these primaries give us an idea of how voter turnout will be in the GE, Im quite sure.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapfog_1
(29,228 posts)meeting with voters in small groups at a diner or someone's house over coffee and cookies.
In a system where everyone votes on one day for the primary, only candidates that are well funded (like Bloomberg) would get to penetrate into the conscious of voters.
That said, the first few primaries should reflect the national electorate better than Iowa and New Hampshire.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
George II
(67,782 posts)....I wonder if they spread them out so the candidates can make more personal appearances?
New Jersey's primary, 126 delegates, isn't until June 2!!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)How little I know.
I really wish I could have had a chance to vote for Elizabeth. It would be the second vote I cast for a woman president...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)caucus or primary. It if wants a primary, it must coordinate that with the state government.
While there is a tendency for certain states to want to have their state early, because think it makes there state more decisive, some state governments and parties prefer to hang back and allow their state to receive more specialized attention. on March 27, for example, only North Dakota is choosing a President. It means that for a day or more, that state will be the overwhelming political focus.
Personally, I think that all of the states should agree on a flipping or rotating plan, which allows the last to sometimes to go first, and the first to sometimes go last. Unfortunately, there is no way to force Iowa or New Hampshire, for example, to go later in the process.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
empedocles
(15,751 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)representing air, fire, water, and earth and just have four primaires. What do you think, empedocles?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JHB
(37,163 posts)Frikkin' JUNE
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Yavin4
(35,450 posts)followed by a national primary of the top two finishers in each region.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)So everyone would vote on the same day or separate days for each one of the 4?
Maybe have them all in March and the four regions would each be assigned a day in each week.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden