How to make the Democratic nomination process more democratic

[DemocratSinceBirth]

- Eliminate all Super Delegates.

- Eliminate all caucuses.

- Delegates are allocated proportionally based on the popular vote in each state and territory.

-The order of state primaries is determined by a lottery. None of this "first in the nation" bovine excrement.

[Agschmid]

1. Down with that.

Also delegates are bound to match state primary vote for the first vote at convention.

[Skink]

2. Let everyone vote

And vote early.

[apcalc]

3. Seems reasonable

[Proud Public Servant]

4. Good ideas; slight quibble with #4

The value of smallish states being the first primaries is that it gives outsider candidates a chance to compete, since running a ground game in a small state isn't that onerous and ad buys matter less; were California or NY first, it would end up being all about money. But I could see maybe an 8-state pool, two per region (NH, IA, NV, SC, plus, say, ME, NE, NM, and WV) with an quadrennial lottery to determine order.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. My reply would be you are introducing bias into the delegate selection system.

If the order of states voting was truly random you are getting closer to a pure process. And keep in mind candidates would know the order well ahead of when the primary season began so they could adjust their electoral strategy accordingly.

By arbitrarily picking this or that state to go first you might inadvertently be favoring one candidate over another.

[geek tragedy]

6. Diverse states are a must early on. And no more caucus bullshit either.

Virginia seems like a state that's reasonable in size yet diverse and very swing-statish.

Ditto Nevada (primary!!) and maybe Michigan or Ohio or Pennsylvania.