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...continues to do so superdelegates should vote to best reflect the sentiments of the people. In addition to this reliance on superdelegates, so much else is wrong with the current presidential nomination process: the tremendous cost that ties candidates’ fates to wealthy donors; the unbalanced calendar that disproportionately favors a few unrepresentative states; and, most of all, the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the caucuses that are still used in many states. All three conditions favor hyperactive political elites over ordinary voters, but caucuses are a particularly egregious assault on democratic equality. The caucus structure disenfranchises voters, discouraging ordinary...
...idea behind the new, fast-forward primary calendar that Democrats unveiled this election season was to give a big, hyperdemocratic finale to the process of picking a nominee. Nearly two dozen states, tired of standing on the sidelines as future Presidents lavished attention on places like Ottumwa, Iowa, and Nashua, N.H., had muscled their way to an early spot on the calendar. Proportional delegate allotment - instead of winner-take-all results - would ensure that every vote mattered. Super Tuesday would be the closest thing we have ever seen to a national primary: a single day on which the candidates...
...Still, both campaigns believe the primary calendar over the next few weeks will be more friendly for Obama. He is expected to do well in this weekend's caucuses in Washington and Nebraska and sweep next Tuesday's Beltway cluster of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, which have a large number of upscale Democrats and African Americans. And he goes forward with a growing financial advantage, having raised $32 million in January - largely from small donors who can be tapped again - which was more than twice as much as Clinton's $13.5 million take. If anything, the Super...
...compressed calendar doesn't help Obama, who with more time might have more success with Latino voters, says Earl Ofari Hutchinson, a political analyst and author of a forthcoming book The Ethnic Presidency: How Race Decides the Race to the White House. "The Latino community has a level of trust with her that has been built over time that he hasn't had the time to grow," Hutchinson said. "If he had more time, if the California primary were six months away and he could spend time with elected officials, he would have a fair shot then of really breaking...
...Republican primary process has been wired in the past to produce strong front runners early on in the election calendar...