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We’re rural, conservative compared to the rest of the party, and not going to any Democratic president anytime soon.
Georgia or North Carolina are far better options. But they actually show a progressive streak every now and then.
All fifty states should have their primaries on the same day. This isn't the 1850s and candidates don't have to campaign by train anymore. The only reason the tiered schedule persists is that it makes make huge amounts of money for the early states. We've tricked ourselves into believing this system produces a better result. It doesn't. End it. >

What about the argument that Obama and Biden wouldn't have won their elections? Lesser known candidates won't have time to make a name for themselves.
Hillary wouldn't beat Obama and Sanders probably would've won the primaries and most likely would've been beaten by Trump. >


What about the argument that Obama and Biden wouldn't have won their elections?

This question presupposes that Obama and Biden were the better choices and that the primary process proved that. I'm not sure I buy it. Especially for Biden in 2020.
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Lesser known candidates won't have time to make a name for themselves.

If the primaries were held in July, they'd have *more* time. As it is now, nearly all of them drop out by Super Tuesday.
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Hillary wouldn't beat Obama

Hillary didn't beat Obama.
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Sanders probably would've won the primaries and most likely would've been beaten by Trump.

This is purely hypothetical. Biden would have had the same chance at the nomination if all the primaries were held in July. The underlying factors would all be the same. Just because it happened one way doesn't mean that's the only way it could have happened. >

I don't accept the premise of states voting in "an order" as a sensible practice. We did it in the past because of the limitations of the speed of information (horse, train, telegraph, etc). Maintaining an order of elections is both unnecessary, and political of itself. Why not simply open polls in all states in late October and close them at midnight EST on 11/8?
None of the states should go first or last. >

South carolina is honestly not a bad choice I think nh has diversity outside of racial diversity and there are defintely plenty w out internet.SC isnt really a seing state either and those should probably be first in terms of real strategy getting palatable candidates in swing states. MI, WI, PA, AZ, are all pretth diverse