Source: Iowa and New Hampshire wield too much influence. The US needs a national primary – Quartz

Yawn.

1.) Early primaries/caucuses in smaller, rural states allow candidates with less money in their war chest to get exposure that they would never get in a nation-wide primary. (Think of the ad buys!)

2.) 2008 proved that neight of the first two states unduly influences the election.

3.) the national platforms of both parties re better served by a more drawn out process that allows for less popular or less well funded candidates to remain in the discussion.

Enough already. If the primary system is the worst thing you can come up with about our political system you must be living under a rock.