Reply #4: Regional primaries might make more sense [View All]

[Warpy]

Mid Atlantic, NY, New England; southern tier; midwest and mountain; west coast. The whole thing could be done in four months and provide as many as four candidates or as few as one to present to the convention. In the interest of fairness, the order would be rotated every four years.

A nearly year long campaign just to get to the convention is insane and gives entirely too much power to the two dinky states who are first in line. It's wasteful of party resources and exhausting for all the candidates.

Selecting candidates by region would make a lot of sense. Delegates would then select the candidate at the convention by who talks the best fight.