Opinion: The state that should replace Iowa and New Hampshire in kickstarting the Democratic primaries – By Jeffrey Toobin (CNN) / March 14, 2022
(CNN)The Democratic Party is finally considering an end to the preposterous reign of Iowa and New Hampshire as the first states to vote for the party’s presidential nominee. A better alternative is right under President Joe Biden’s nose … in his home state of Delaware!
The New Hampshire primary began in 1920, but it first took on real significance in February 1968, when Sen. Eugene McCarthy’s powerful showing led President Lyndon Johnson to withdraw from the presidential race the following month.
The Iowa caucuses started four years later, but the race there first drew broad notice in 1976, when Jimmy Carter, a previously obscure former Georgia governor, surprised the political world by finishing second (“uncommitted” won.) Ever since, the political and media worlds have descended in force on these two states and spent months cultivating their voters and investing their judgments with outsized importance. Enough!
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