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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I think the whole country should vote in the same day
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You have to have a way to winnow down the candidates though. A national primary with 10 candidates would be a mess, unless everyone kept voting every week after removing un-viable candidates until someone had a majority. ranked ballots would still be too messy with that many candidates.
This actually worked out sort of ok this time around. I don't know that South Carolina definitely needs to go first. All the states before super Tuesday provided opportunity for big moves and elimination of candidates. Who knows, South Carolina may wield more power going this week vs going first.