[Darkwolf377]

The reason they are not standardized is that the federal government does not have control over the primary elections

I understand, I mean "why" in the larger sense. The answer of course is that the earlier states like the money that flows into them--thus, the states that care more about getting a few more bucks for themselves are in the position of choosing the nominee for ALL of us. Wow, how's that for patriotism?

[Dianna]

My primary isn’t until May 20th. By then, the real process will be over. I’m being disenfranchised.