>>I'd also like to see a primary system that gives every state a meaningful vote. The one I've heard about that I like lets Iowa and NH keep their early dates, but then divides the states into four groups by size. Starting from the group of smallest states, you have a primary day once a month, with one group voting. Done right, no one can get enough delegates until the last of the four dates, so every state gets some clout.
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>If we get a wish, why not make it ALL state's primaries and caucuses being done ALL in the same day. No advantages for anyone. I know, it wont happen, tradition and what have you, but why not? Unfair and silly to have a system where, when it gets to some states it's all already been decided. Also silly to be jockeing to be first. Stupid and costly too.

Actually, I'd be totally opposed to that. It offers too much power to the media-anointed front0runners. A long primary season gives us a chance to change the outcome.


>And don't get me started on why do we have elections on a Tuesday instead of a Sunday like everywhere else in the world. Doesn't it make sense to have it on an off-work day?

The problem with either Saturday or Sunday is that it would exclude some people whose Sabbath prohibits them from activities like voting. (To be exact, I know that's an issue for Saturday, and assume that there are Christians who don't work on their Sabbath and would define voting as work.)

How about just declaring it a national holiday? Or how about spreading voting over multiple days, as some places do.

Tamar