or lack thereof. The next presidential election is 21 months away, yet there are several declared candidates. Election fatigue is a real problem, for candidates, donors, and the electorate alike.
I propose the federal government regulate and organize the presidential primary election system. It's within the federal govt's constitutional duties.
First, I propose a series of rotating regional elections. New Hampshire and Iowa are fine little states, but they have a disproportionate impace on the presidential election, and that's unfair to the rest of us. The states can be blocked off into regional groups of 10 each, with elections two weeks apart starting the March before the General Election in November. Each election, the region that voted last in the last primary cycle would vote first.
Campaigning and fund raising would be disallowed until, say, the November before the primary cycle. One year is better than two.
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