Is Pennsylvania Too far back in the Primaries?

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Originally Posted by richlevy

I do sometimes enjoy watching them in the small states first because they actually have to go out and meet people in largely unscripted settings. In the larger states it's all rallies, structured debates, and talk show appearances.

I told my husband I thought the spread out primaries were stupid - and he brought up a similar point. If they all went at once, all the focus (both candidates attention and press attention) would be on the big states. I hate that there is so much press on Iowa and NH, when their votes don't really represnt a cross section of America. But the outcome out of NH and Iowa didn't seem to impact many other states - it gave some more press to Huckabee, and the premature doomsday report on Hillary, and that's about it.