Comments on: Why Does The Most Important Presidential Primaries Take Place In Iowa And New Hampshire?

By: al s

al s — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:31:43 +0000

i never thought about it but will be intrested to hear the answers

By: Plant Grow Lights

Plant Grow Lights — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:31:27 +0000

Because they had early primaries long before it mattered whose primaries came first, and now that they have this advantage they won’t let anyone take it away from them. As a result you get primary campaigns biased towards white rural voters.

By: tomkat15

tomkat15 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:31:14 +0000

I believe the primaries who are first – show the direction of the nation
and some primaries are ‘historically’ correct in predicting who
the party nominee will be
all states hold primaries, by the way, it’s WHEN they want to as
their own state mandates – that’s how the delegates to the
national conventions know who to cast their vote!

By: edcyhn

edcyhn — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:30:54 +0000

Not sure man. It’s too bad, though.

By: cope_ace

cope_ace — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:30:42 +0000

Merely because they are first—so the predictors love to jump on that.
It’s not always too accurate, though.

By: Johnny Conservative

Johnny Conservative — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:30:35 +0000

Its because if you can get off to a good start in those states, historically speaking, you will also do well in the other states. Its a momentum thing.

By: Riddler

Riddler — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:30:22 +0000

Those always seem to be the deciding states.

By: khg831@s

khg831@s — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:30:12 +0000

Those states you listed are very party-oriented (i.e.: California is highly Democratic already, where Texas is Republican). Iowa and New Hampshire are divided states and can even decide who is the president!

By: sam simeon

sam simeon — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:29:59 +0000

Because they are the first and the liberal media takes their cue as to what kind of spin to put on certain candidates so the election will turn out like planned.

By: GL Supreme

GL Supreme — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:29:52 +0000

The idea of the presidential primaries is to see who is first and foremost in the Democratic and Republican parties in terms of nomination from a public popular vote perspective. New Hampshire and Iowa are considered important not based on electoral college votes, but rather the large number of voters who list themselves as Independents. The idea being if there is similiar support in a state for political parties (say 36% Democrats and 34% Republicans ) then the remaining 30% are Independents (i.e. swing voters) and it is they that will determine the next US president. Its not an exact science but it is a popular American “gauger” for president.