early primary states

[Fresh_Start]

what about rewarding early primaries to the states which turned out the highest percentage of democratic votes for the prior national election? The calculation should be as percentage of voting age residents. Note I said PERCENTAGE not absolute number so that small states would more readily qualify.

[MadBadger]

1. I disagree

I think that early primary states should be a rotating bunch of small to mid level states. But never big states. I also think that delegates shouldnt be previosuly known. Delegates should be determined afterwards by some system taht measures a states voter turnout.

[hayu_lol]

2. Place all caucus states at the tail end of the campaign...

we needed hard numbers at the start and didn't get them.

[MadBadger]

5. No more caucuses

[Fresh_Start]

7. data for your argument

http://elections.gmu.edu/Voter_Turnout_2008_Primaries.htm

caucus turnout rates are miserable in comparison.

For example Super Tuesday average caucus state voter turnout 6%
Super Tuesday average primary state voter turnout 31%

[Fresh_Start]

3. I think we fundamentally agree

we want the delegate counts based on states voter turnout.
I think I'd want states democratic voter turnout because I can't see why I'd want GOP states to have undue influence.
I can't imagine large states have highest level turnout so I don't see that they would earn early primary status.

[MadBadger]

4. No Caucuses, all primaries, and hey should be open to Dems and Indies

[Fresh_Start]

6. I'm not talking about open primaries or closed primaries

I'm talking about delegate allocation based on results of last national election actual democratic votes
(as in votes for the democratic candidate...) Then the game playing we've seen would be neutralized because the delegate allocation was based on 'general election' voting