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brooklynite

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3. How about an answer that doesn't involve lazy stereotypes and conspiracies?
Tue Jun 11, 2019, 02:38 PM
Jun 2019

New Hampshire is the first State Primary because it was...the first State Primary.

Take at look at the 1968 Primary results. Most States didn't involve voters at all in their delegate selection. The New Hampshire Primary has existed since 1916 and into the 1960s was one of easiest Primaries for candidates to run in; hence it became popular with challengers. It's also small enough for candidates to engage face to face with voters.

Iowa also had a long history of Caucusing, which again meant actual voters got to participate. Following the horrendous 1968 Convention, the rules were reformed to go from WTA to proportional representation, which again gave lesser know candidates the opportunity to get on the scoreboard.

Sorry to disappoint you.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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