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January 24: Iowa caucuses February 1: New Hampshire primary February 19: Republican South Carolina primary (seen as a must-win for McCain) March 7: Fourteen states hold primaries and caucuses; a majority of the delegates will have been selected March 14: Seven states hold primaries, 70 percent of the delegates...
The thing to watch for this year is what the condensed primary season bodes for the underdog candidates. As recently as the early '80s, the New Hampshire primary - the nation's first - took place the third week in February, and the majority of delegates weren't selected until late May...
This condensed schedule, known as "front-loading", was initiated by party leaders in states that hosted primaries toward the end of primary season. Most notably, California has jumped from June to early March. Party heads in the later states were complaining that their local issues were ignored by candidates since...
Proponents of the condensed schedule say it favors upstart campaigns, allowing underdog candidates who score surprise hits in the early primaries to ride a wave of attention through early March, and maybe sneak away with a win. But critics argue that the shortened season actually deprives upstart campaigns of the...
Following the New Hampshire primary, the candidates will have five weeks to gear up for the March 7 14-state torrent. According to Pooley, that's plenty of time for a campaign to regroup from a poor showing in Iowa and/or New Hampshire. But, he says, due to the condensed...