Reply #14: 5-6 "zoned" primaries [View All]

5-6 "zoned" primaries.
I say "zoned" because I do not want regional contests that have say, one electorally rich state mixed with 7-8 electorally poor states.
So maybe we should lump all the electorally rich states together into one primary, and then divide the remaining 40-odd states by region.
The underlying idea here is to force the campaigns to actually work in all 50 states. (If California, Oregon, and Washington are lumped
into a regional primary, the candidates will work Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and maybe, Seattle.)

Spaced at 2 week intervals, starting in May or even June.
(Other countries manage to hold national elections over the space of a couple of months ... )

The order of the primaries should be initially chosen by lottery, then rotate, so that
each "zone" is the first to vote in every "n"th election.
Thus eliminating the Iowa/New Hampshire filter effect.

J.