To the DNC: Institute 50-State, Same-Day Primary System
As a longtime Democrat who has been concerned by those Democrats who truly felt they were--or will be--disenfranchised Democratic voters due to the current Democratic Party primary system, I propose for all the Democratic Party leadership: Institute a 50-State, Same-Day Presidential Primary, for all future Democratic Party presidential primaries--effective as of the 2012 presidential electoral process, in which only verifiable, previously registered, Democrats--not same-day-as-the- primary "registered Democrats"--would be allowed to participate.
This would enable *all* verifiable and committed registered Democrats to have an equal say in who the Democratic presidential standard-bearer would be, while effectively preventing possible voter fraud from those of the opposite party intent on deliberately sabotaging the Democratic Party's electoral process.
I welcome constructive and productive comments from all my fellow PartyBuilder members.
This would enable *all* verifiable and committed registered Democrats to have an equal say in who the Democratic presidential standard-bearer would be, while effectively preventing possible voter fraud from those of the opposite party intent on deliberately sabotaging the Democratic Party's electoral process.
I welcome constructive and productive comments from all my fellow PartyBuilder members.
Is this racist??? Sharkhunter, the neanderthol and helipilot, two Obamamaniacs, who call everyone a racist, who speaks the truth. Cram it!! You guys are embarrassing, with such narrow minds.
I am very angry, if Obama truly got the votes and everyone's voices could be heard that would be one thing I could accept. But, as it is, I will not support or vote for Obama, I will keep my money and not donate to the Party anymore. Corruption is corruption and it is slippery slope. If these people in the Democratic party are so Bush like to get their candidate elected without votes and will disinfrachise millions of other Democrats, no thanks the principle will not float. This is hate, selfishness, and fanatisism. I will not be a party to it. I truly want change and hope, not some fraud of an election. I am sure my money will not be missed since the Obama Party has decided that the ends justifies the means. I will go elsewhere!
1. Because some states have more delegates then other states, states like Idaho would be written off as red states and ignored. The game would look too much like the General Election and trying to just take the needed key states by numbers instead of support from the general public.
2. Having to campaign in 50 states at once would make candidates even more generic because they wouldn't have to look at Federal issues state-by-state. Smaller numbered delegate states would be railroaded by issues of larger states. Democrats in Idaho would not get the same respect as those in California or even Colorado.
3. Campaigning in different states is good for the state economies. Bringing in campaign people for primaries means each state gets shared time with the money the campaigns are spending. Moving the people from Iowa to NH to SC to FL all helps their local economies with a planned burst, like tourism. By spreading out the primaries, more people can spend time and money in the states. Early primary states have a particular benefit because they set a tone for the nation, but we would lose this with a nation wide same-day primary.
Idaho's primary is May 27th. In the past because we were so far behind the other states that by the time it came for us to caucus, the decision was usually already made. But because we now share Feb. 5th with another number of states, we have far more influence, and we actually saw a presidential candidate (Obama) come to Idaho. This has never happened before, and we really needed this to build the party here. A nation-wide same-day primary/caucus would hurt Idaho and other states like us who have been written off in the past.