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« on: January 02, 2008, 03:53:46 PM » |
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« edited: January 02, 2008, 03:59:50 PM by StateBoiler »
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jimrtex, good effort, but it violates the KISS rule.
How about this idea if we have to continue with primaries not on the same day.
In the preceding general election, the state with the highest turnout among the voting age population gets the right to be first primary. Think of the good points about this:
-If state had high turnout, it most likely meant the state was competitive, which means both parties would be catering to voters in around a 50/50 state.
-Their voters actually "care" if they were the highest turnout in the country, and so would treat with respect the primary process. Lets all remember that tomorrow, regardless of results, the overwhelming result will be the 94% of Iowans that just don't give a s***. If they don't care, why should we?
-Gives a reward to state parties that GOTV.
-Most likely to not be a large state for people that hate commercial big money politics.
So for this time around per Dave's numbers, the first primary would be Minnesota, with a turnout of 74%. (Maine had 73%, Wisconsin 72%.)
Maybe this could be modified a bit where you split the country in regions and take the highest turnout state in each region to be first.
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