A better rule would be to simply line up primaries in order of GOP support in the general election. So if a state goes Republican in the general election its primary is moved up to an earlier date, whereas a state (like MA or NY) that never elects a Republican president is moved down on the list. This would help insure that only Republicans are nominating the Republican candidate.
I think you nailed it. The Republicans have a flawed primary system that gives too much weight to liberal states.
Good thinking. We need solutions like this if we are to recover.
Thats a *really* good idea! And the solid red states should be ordered by Electoral votes or just how red they were? I say thresh hold them into 10 groups by the percentage of republican votes so this year would have been:
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Nebraska
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Alabama
Kansas
Alaska
Texas
Indiana
South Dakota
Mississippi
Kentucky
Montana
Georgia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
North Carolina
West Virginia
Arizona
Arkansas
Virginia
Missouri
Colorado
Florida
Ohio
Nevada
Iowa
New Mexico
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Minnesota
Oregon
New Jersey
Delaware
Washington
Hawaii
Maine
Illinois
California
Connecticut
Maryland
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Massachusetts
I guess you could also tier them in groups then geographically match as much as possible...
e.g.
Instead of:
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Nebraska
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Alabama
Kansas
Alaska
Texas
Do this
Alabama
Kansas
Texas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Alaska
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
North Dakota
And so on