All States Count - They just don't count the same.

It has gotten kind of loony at DU with all the rattling off of numbers of primaries and/or caucuses won, as if having the longest list of victories proves something somehow definitive.

In the 2000 Presidential Election, Al Gore won the popular vote but only 20 States plus the District of Columbia. Had Gore won 21 States and held George W. Bush to winning 29, Al Gore would have become President. In 2004 John Kerry won just 19 States plus the District of Columbia. Had John Kerry held George W. Bush to winning only 30 States, John Kerry would be President today.

If Hillary Clinton closes by winning Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, she most likely will become the Democratic nominee.

get rid of the electoral college and go with the popular vote along with paper ballots.

But they do not hold their own against the more powerful arguments against it.

The primary should be a one day national election where the nominee must get a majority of the vote. Should no candidate get the majority, the top two will move on to a run-off election a few weeks later.

So:

A)36%
B)32%
C)20%
D)10%
E)2%

Candidates "A" and "B" will move on to the run-off. One will win the nomination with the MAJORITY of the popular vote and then the issue is settled.

I am more likely to favor rotating regional primaries, so that it isn't always the same states going first. I am afraid that starting and ending on the same day will lock us in to only nominating establishment candidates or billionairs in the future.

where every state participates on the same day, then why have primaries at all?

Besides having a national primary would favor candidates with the most money. Candidates that don't have a lot of money would be shut out. With the primaries spread out a candidate that doesn't have a lot of money can all of a sudden get a flow of donations. This is what happened with Huckabee. He had a shoestring budget compared to the others but his win in Iowa got him a lot of donations and he was able to stay competitive.

I prefer primaries every few weeks with the the order of the states rotated so that Iowa and NH don't have so much influence all the time. I don't think that is fair.

And all the delegates and super delegates and let US choose. I am so tired of all the maneuvering and crap that I wonder if it's worth it to even vote.

But winning a State with 2 million residents isn't the same as winning a state with 20 million residents.

10 pts. If there's only a 10 pt or less difference, Obama's take of the delegates won't be small enough to put her in the pledged delegate lead. She needs to win those states big. And comparing the general election to the primaries, doesn't work.

I don't have the staff that Associated Press has, but regardless, I think you are incorrect. If Clinton wins those three big states it will give HER the final momentum heading into the Convention. And it will probably also mean that she did well in her final debates with Obama. Texas not really, but both Ohio and Pennsylvania are critical swing states for Democrats. Kerry beat back a real effort from Bush to steal PA in 2004 and Kerry's wife had strong roots there then. We all know about Ohio. Winning those States will carry a very big impact.

And all three states are diverse with big populations. Texas will be an important final indicator of how the latino vote will break, which is even more important outside of Texas to Democrats in 08. Both PA and OH are inter-racial states with large urban areas, significant suburbs, and large rural areas also. If Obama gets swept in all three of those, Super Delegates will have a pretty good reason to consider backing his opponent even if Obama barely edged out Clinton in pledged delegates.

and wherever else it might be.

all those jewish voters who pushed the wrong chad and the votes went for buchanan. even buchanan said "those votes were not meant for me".

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