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In reply to the discussion: Someone please explain to me why a small, rural, mainly white state like Iowa should exercise [View all]StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)76. And South Carolina was the first state to "spring" our first black Member of Congress into office.
That didn't suddenly make South Carolina a bastion of racial diversity and political equality.
The fact that an exceptional black person overcame the odds in one instance doesn't mean that the racial obstacles have all been removed and the playing field is even for all other people of color.
The argument that it has is overly-simplistic and obtuse. You might want to think a little deeper about this issue - and maybe listen to the many people who are taking the time to kindly try to explain it rather than respond with shallow sarcasm.
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Someone please explain to me why a small, rural, mainly white state like Iowa should exercise [View all]
guillaumeb
Dec 2019
OP
I hated Super Tuesdays, when the nominee was picked before my state's primary.
CaptYossarian
Dec 2019
#2
I agree 1000% plus the weeks inbetween some primaries allows the media to
SterlingPound
Dec 2019
#13
IT shouldn't... position should be rotated among the states that want to go early...
JCMach1
Dec 2019
#8
I don't mind individual states rotating into primaries in Feb. and before March 15.
JCMach1
Dec 2019
#43
And I hate being reminded of the pervasiveness of ignorance and insensitivity right in our midst
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#71
And South Carolina was the first state to "spring" our first black Member of Congress into office.
StarfishSaver
Dec 2019
#76
I agree. The entire population of the STLMO metro area is more than the entire state of Iowa. ...
SWBTATTReg
Dec 2019
#27
Are you of the belief that if a different state went before Iowa, no one would have dropped out ?
MichMan
Dec 2019
#32
Iowa Democrats vote in Democratic caucuses. Iowa Republicans vote in Republican caucuses.
Itchinjim
Dec 2019
#30
States set their own primary dates. It isn't something that was decided
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#55
Congress can't mandate any such thing. The Constitution gives states
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2019
#60