A Primary schedule that could make more sense-

[Beaker]

rather than have Iowa and New Hampshire, and the earlier states holding such inordinate sway over candidate selection, I think they should do something like this:
Divide the states into 6-8 regional groupings(northeast, midwest, South, etc...).
All the states in each group hold their caucuses/primary on the same day, and each election cycle, the region whose primary day had been last in the previous cycle moves to the first week, and the others all move down the list/calendar one notch.

personally, I think that the Primary season is too long, and too far removed from the November election. rather than 10 months(jan-nov), the electoral process/campaign season should be no more than 3 months, IMHO.

[Ediacara]

1. Every election year..... they say they're going to re-organize

and every election year summer it's forgotten.

I think it should be implimented, maybe keeping Iowa and New Hampshire first, but keeping the others on a rotating schedule one region per week for the next 6 weeks.

Each region should have a very big state in it so that the last region still has some pull, and late season primaries aren't a waste of time and money as they end up being now.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Changes have been made, mostly

in the direction of making primaries earlier.

Remember that Robert Kennedy was killed after winning the California primary and was about to try for New York--in June, so they have tinkered with the dates.

[zelda7743]

3. It is changing

A lot of states are choosing to get rid of primaries altogether. :eyes: