Time for a rotating primary schedule...
JCMach1
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:45 PM
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Time for a rotating primary schedule...
Enough of NH and Iowa already. Why should two such small states play such a large part in the process. Imagine if the first primary had been somewhere else? Just one of the whackjob things about our system that needs to be cleaned up.
Walt Starr
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:46 PM
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It favors incumbent presidents, for one thing.
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:51 PM
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2. Small states give outsiders a chance...
...If it started in a large state, the only people that could compete would be those who have raised a whole lot of money. Everyone in Iowa probably got to see their candidate at least once. That just wouldn't be possible in California or New York. I think a small state is definitely the way to go.
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Sat Jan-24-04 11:59 PM
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3. You could still keep a small state first....
then go to medium, then large... Perhaps even spread them out more evenly in February and March. Think how different things might have gone if say Oklahoma had gone first... Or Nevada. Alaska anyone??
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Sun Jan-25-04 12:03 AM
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4. Alaska would never work, it's huge in area and separated by Canada
Edited on Sun Jan-25-04 12:05 AM by Bombtrack
Not to mention it's a fricken wasteland that's just a waist of money Delaware is one state that just screams to be the alternative. It's close to DC and very small. Rhode Island would also work. As well as west virginia
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Sun Jan-25-04 12:08 AM
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5. I just say fairly distribute them...
and perhaps end some of the nonsense.
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Sun Jan-25-04 12:09 AM
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6. Yes, get rid of the Iowa and New Hampshire stranglehold
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Sun Jan-25-04 12:11 AM
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If anyone's forgotten. No guarantees of its accuracy, I got it off DU. January 27 New Hampshire February 3 Arizona Delaware Missouri New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Carolina February 7 Michigan Washington February 8 Maine February 10 Tennessee Virginia February 14 District of Columbia Nevada February 17 Wisconsin February 24 Hawaii Idaho Utah March 2 California Connecticut Georgia Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota New York Ohio Rhode Island Vermont March 9 Florida Louisiana Mississippi Texas March 13 Kansas March 16 Illinois March 20 Alaska Wyoming April 13 Colorado April 27 Pennsylvania May 4 Indiana North Carolina May 11 Nebraska West Virginia May 18 Arkansas Kentucky Oregon June 1 Alabama South Dakota June 8 Montana New Jersey
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Sun Jan-25-04 12:13 AM
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8. I rather like this timetable for the primaries but....
I think Iowa should change back to the primary system rather than the caucus.. I do not think it really works that well...We could see on TV the way they were swapping and horse-trading - that shouldn't be done with our votes.
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Sun Jan-25-04 12:16 AM
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9. Or get rid of the 15% viability BS
I suspect in that environment DK, for example, would have gotten 10-15%.
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Sun Jan-25-04 01:17 AM
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12. ...horse-trading - that shouldn't be done with our votes
Isn't it their votes? Iowa should decide for Iowa.
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Sun Jan-25-04 01:00 AM
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10. What if they had all the primaries on the same day?
No advantage goes to any particular state(s). The candidates have to think about and campaign to the people in the entire country. Everybody gets to vote for their preferred candidate because no candidate would have already already dropped out before their state gets to vote. With everyone voting on the same day, nobody is influenced by how others have already voted. I haven't had the time yet to think the idea through in depth, but I do think I like it.
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Sun Jan-25-04 01:01 AM
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I also have yet to think it through, but I like it so far.
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