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If you vote Democrat or Republican, by the time your state presidential primary rolls around do you expect to have a choice of candidates to vote for or will most, some or all but one have dropped out since Iowa voted?
Have you ever voted for someone who is still on the ballot but dropped out before your primary to protest/show your disdain for the state primary voting order?
Have you ever not voted at all on your state's primary day because your original choice of candidate dropped out before your state voted?
Not really...usually by the time it's Wisconsin's turn, the nominees are pretty apparent.
We really should go to a series of regional super-primaries. Have the East Coast one Tuesday, the Southeast the next week, etc. Get it done in 5-6 weeks. Then rotate positions for the next cycle. Giving states like Iowa and New Hampshire such overly huge importance in the electoral process is unfair to voters in other states.
I am so angry about this that I will make no political donations to any body or any group until I see who makes it to my primary. Every one of the candidates running should have enough clout in their respective parties to make a stink about this but they won't because they are afraid of ticking off the people in the early states. My state is about 9th in the order and most have dropped out by then. I can't imagine what it's like when your primary date is even later than that.
Nope, we are too late in the primary season to have an effect. I champion the cause of making all primaries happen at the same time. The delay in caucuses and voting disenfranchises those in states at the end of the voting cycle.
If you vote Democrat or Republican, by the time your state presidential primary rolls around do you expect to have a choice of candidates to vote for or will most, some or all but one have dropped out since Iowa voted?
Have you ever voted for someone who is still on the ballot but dropped out before your primary to protest/show your disdain for the state primary voting order?
Have you ever not voted at all on your state's primary day because your original choice of candidate dropped out before your state voted?
I haven't ran across this yet. My primary choice have always been available on super Tuesday.
That said, the way we vote in primaries needs to change! Instead of doing one state here and there, all states should have their primary votes done on the exact same day.
No. Unaffiliated voters in my state can't vote in primaries.
Even for registered party members, the Pennsylvania primary is fashionably late and presidential contests are more often or not decided by the end of April.
Just as well, I'm not sure if I'd want to see all of the leading politicians in town day after day after day before the vote.
If you vote Democrat or Republican, by the time your state presidential primary rolls around do you expect to have a choice of candidates to vote for or will most, some or all but one have dropped out since Iowa voted?
Have you ever voted for someone who is still on the ballot but dropped out before your primary to protest/show your disdain for the state primary voting order?
Have you ever not voted at all on your state's primary day because your original choice of candidate dropped out before your state voted?
Not a registered Repub or Dem so I get no say in the Primaries, stuck with who the two major Parties trot out as their answer to would best run the Nation.
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Do You Expect To Have A Choice When It Comes Time For Your State To Hold Its Primary?
