Early Primaries

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<p>As a Michigan resident, can anyone give me an explanation of what on earth the value of a primary system dominated by Iowa and New Hampshire is?</p>

<p>Because of backlash against Michigan moving up it’s primary date, I know have all of one choice for a Democratic candidate. (well I suppose I could vote for Dodd…) And I was thinking of crossing over and voting in the Republican primary, but now it looks like that vote isn’t going to matter at all either. <a href=“Latest news from around the world | The Guardian”>Latest news from around the world | The Guardian;

<p>The only valid reason I can think of for the current primary system is since it’s hard for candidates to fund raise and campaign in all 50 states this early in the cycle. But if that’s the justification, then absolutely, every year should have different states holding an early primary.</p>

<p>I was all excited for this year too, because there are interesting candidates, and this is my first year eligible to vote. I need some explanation, or I might just be too disillusioned to vote at all.</p>

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<p>Does no one have an explanation, or was my question just inane?</p>

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<p>Fundraising is a key issue. The idea is that dark horse non establishment candidates will have a hard time if big states were in the early primaries.</p>