2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Age/Primary Preference Poll [View all]Journeyman
(15,044 posts)and which district votes first in the primaries would rotate among them, so every 24 years each of us would have an opportunity to vote first for President.
All states in an electoral district would have their primaries on the same day. This way, campaigns would focus on a select geographic region -- costs would be lower, as there wouldn't be as much travel required, and the media buys would be more focused as well, since neighboring states would be addressed at the same time.
There'd be an added benefit as well, as the citizens of each district could expect (indeed, demand) that each politician address the regional issues of their concern as well as the national issues, thereby denying the candidates the opportunity to hide behind national platitudes instead of answering specific questions important to a select electorate.
But it'll never happen. Too many vested interests with too much at stake in the present, crippled system. So I refuse to support it, with either my money or my time. There's enough useless poppycock in my life without my seeking out other, even more marginal issues to feed my ulcer.