Texplainer: Will the Texas Primary Actually Matter?
Updated 2:35 p.m. 10/07/2011: Iowa Republicans say that their caucus now is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 3, 2012.
Hey, Texplainer: I keep seeing all these states moving up their Republican primaries to earlier and earlier dates in 2012. When is Texas' primary, and will my vote even matter by the time I get to cast it?
Several states are trying to exert more influence on who the Republican nominee for president will be by leapfrogging one another to hold their primaries or caucuses earlier and earlier in 2012 — to the point where Iowa may now have ...
Comments (3)
Gary Skaggs via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Or it could be a really interesting dog race to the bitter end, then the Convention could choose The Quitter as a 'compromise' candidate! Wouldn't that be just Jim Dandy?
Thomas Prentice via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Hell, why have authentic democracy. Let the political and economic plutocrat capitalists psychopaths and control freaks just run it.
Casey Clay Hall via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The political parties should require all states to hold their primaries and caucuses on the same day of the year. That way the primary results of some states do not influence how people vote in other states. This is how we do the general elections in November, and it works well.