Election 2016

[Chris_H_2]

WHY CAN'T EVERY STATE VOTE AT THE SAME TIME?!?!?!? THAT WAY RESULTS WOULDN'T INFLUENCE HOW VOTERS VOTE IN OTHER PRIMARIES!!!! IT'S SO STOOOOPED!!!

[Norah]

WHY CAN'T EVERY STATE VOTE AT THE SAME TIME?!?!?!? THAT WAY RESULTS WOULDN'T INFLUENCE HOW VOTERS VOTE IN OTHER PRIMARIES!!!! IT'S SO STOOOOPED!!!

Because staggering them allows for regionally focused campaigning.

[Birds in Hell]

The primary system is kind of dumb.

As an outsider, the whole process seems bizarre.

[tommymtcom]

The primary system is kind of dumb.

As an outsider, the whole process seems bizarre.

They make the whole process confusing and opaque so that people will hopefully not notice they are being screwed.

[BurtReynolds]

Of course its dumb.

[Simple Torture]

I think it might not be so dumb if we kept the primary system but switched to a popular-vote-only general election. Maybe? I gotta think about it more.

[nyquillyn]

I like the idea of a more compact primary season with regions that would rotate on who would hold their primaries first. (It would be kinda cool to see a state like California actually matter).

Then popular vote in the general.

[Simple Torture]

Lots has been written this year about how Iowa and New Hampshire don't reflect the electorate at large. NH is 92.3% white and Iowa is 88.7% (US as a whole: 72.4%). Race isn't the only thing to consider--you could think about income, education, and so on--but it'd be much more interesting to get a cross-section early on. Virginia, for example, is a much more interesting state than fucking New Hampshire.

[Norah]

I like the idea of a more compact primary season with regions that would rotate on who would hold their primaries first. (It would be kinda cool to see a state like California actually matter).

Then popular vote in the general.

I can see something like this being a good system.

[Self]

[stip]

I like the idea of a more compact primary season with regions that would rotate on who would hold their primaries first. (It would be kinda cool to see a state like California actually matter).

Then popular vote in the general.

I can see something like this being a good system.

That, or ensuring that no one region dominates a grouping, but that makes campaigning more difficult

[Norah]

I like the idea of a more compact primary season with regions that would rotate on who would hold their primaries first. (It would be kinda cool to see a state like California actually matter).

Then popular vote in the general.

I can see something like this being a good system.

That, or ensuring that no one region dominates a grouping, but that makes campaigning more difficult

The problem is the states can hold their primaries whenever they want, and you have a state like New Hampshire that has a state law which says they must hold their primary first. So if another state tries to hold their primary earlier than New Hampshire traditionally does, the Secretary of State of New Hampshire is obligated by law to move their primary up to still be first. It got a little contentious in 2012, which is why New Hampshire voted in early January instead of February in that cycle.

[stip]

any reform would be a logistical and political nightmare for sure

NY should pass a state law saying it needs the first primary in the nation to fuck with NH

[BurtReynolds]

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[Simple Torture]

unmute it
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Classic b!

[nyquillyn]

This weekend will be interesting. Bernie could (and probably will) win 3 of the 4 contests, but actually lose the delegate count.

[BurtReynolds]

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Classic b!

I will commit suicide over this disgrace.

[Simple Torture]

unmute it
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Classic b!

I will commit suicide over this disgrace.

That sounds reasonable.

[B]

unmute it
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Classic b!

I will commit suicide over this disgrace.

Classic geg!

[BurtReynolds]

unmute it
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Classic b!

I will commit suicide over this disgrace.

That sounds reasonable.