Jonah Goldberg: Sorry, Iowa and New Hampshire. Having voters choose candidates is bad for democracy
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Dec 06, 2022
3 minutes
At President Biden’s behest, the Democratic National Committee is poised to throw Iowa and New Hampshire under the bus. Assuming he gets his way, the new order will be South Carolina, followed by Nevada, New Hampshire, Georgia and Michigan.
It’s fine with me.
I like both Iowa and New Hampshire, but the idea that these two states have some divinely ordained role in our elections is silly — and even costly. For instance, were it not for the Iowa caucuses,
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