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In reply to the discussion: California moves its presidential primary to March in push for electoral relevance [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)With red states having most of the early primaries, that gives far too much emphasis on the Republican primaries and reduces the attention given to the Democratic candidates.
Moving a predominately progressive/liberal state up in the contests gives all progressive/liberal voters more exposure and a better look at our candidates.
A while back the Republican controlled Florida legislature moved the primaries up, knowing that the DNC would not allow Florida to have an early primary and our full votes. Although the DNC eventually gave us the votes, it took major energy away from the Florida Democratic primaries.
California is too big for the DNC to punish the way they tried to punish Florida Democratic voters and I think it will bring Democratic and especially more progressive voters to the table.