[mmichaels1970]

What would happen if other states passed laws that their primaries must be held before those of IA and NH?

Either some sort of wormhole would open or we'd at least rip some sort of hole in space-time.

The whole thing is a big mess, imho. I really wish that states that went strongest for the party in the previous general would go first with the ones that went weakest going last. Why should an "Obama state" get to be at the head of the line in choosing a GOP candidate? A dynamic order would provide incentive to party leaders in every state to get a better turnout for every election.

[Beagle8U]

IMO, the state that cast the greatest % of GOP votes for POTUS in the previous election should be first, and so on down the line.

Primaries could be grouped on that basis to have several in one day, but the greatest % of GOP votes would rule.

There is no reason to have primaries first in states that the GOP will never carry. The party should be governed by the voters that vote that way, NOT NE liberal puke states that vote for RATS.

[LachlanMinnesota]

All I know is that my vote in Minnesota is irrelevant - always has been. By the time I vote, it is all decided in everything but form. That is why it is hard for me to get excited about voting - I never have a meaningful choice, especially when it comes to wanting to vote for a candidate that is low in the polls early on and has to drop out due to lack of funds. I never get to vote for that individual, and if New Hampshire and Iowa don’t like him, they basically kick him or her out before I have a chance.

I think there should be a primary day. I think people would be surprised at the number of people in the rest of the country that would vote for those low polling candidates. It would also energize them by showing that their vote really does matter.

Until then, it is like watching another country choose my president.