Reply #8: I am glad my vote mattered in Virginia. Under Hillary's original plan it wouldn't have. [View All]

[democrattotheend]

Since she planned to wrap it up by Super Tuesday.

I am from New Jersey and went to college in DC. I graduated last May and moved to Northern Virginia...I went back and forth about whether to switch my registration before or after the primary. I decided at the last minute to switch, even though I was afraid my vote would end up not mattering. I was glad when Hillary's original plan to knock everyone out by February 5 did not work and my vote mattered after all. And I'm proud that we gave Obama one of the biggest primary landslides of the campaign (I think it might be the biggest in a primary, other than DC).

I do think we need some reforms for 2012...less front-loaded, for one thing. I bet a lot of the states that moved their primaries up to February 5 wish they'd waited...the later states are getting more attention and influence.