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Democratic Primaries

sacto95834

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14. The Early States Matter...

Reply to strachey (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 05:57 AM

Nov 2019

Whatever you think of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina placement in the schedule, they matter; they influence voting in the states that follow.

It's kind of like the Short Program in Figure Skating. It's required, doing well won't necessarily push you up, but doing poorly will certainly pull you down.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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