What’s wrong with a simple primary? As an aside, many people lay blame of the Reagan defeat in 1976 to the fact that Mississippi and a few other states die not have primaries or had convoluted rules designed to thwart Governor Reagan’s efforts.
Nothing is wrong with a simple primary and most people think the primary system is flawed.
However, it is still up to the states as to how they select the candidate.
I still can’t figure out why states vote in the order that they do. And why some states vote so early.
However, if one is running for president it’s kinda incumbent to figure these things out, especially if one is the smartest, really smart, person in the world.