The Democratic Party recently voted to push Nevada and South Carolina primaries earlier in the election cycle in an effort to diversify the electorate who make the initial decisions about Presidential hopefuls.  I believe this is a good step forward.  Let’s face it, New Hampshire and Iowa are primarily white and different issues will be important for these voters than minorities.  Additionally, the socio-economic status of Nevada and South Carolina are significantly different from IA and NH, so these concerns will also be taken into consideration.

These moves are definitely a good-faith move to help select a more representative candidate.  However, it does have some gaps.  The first that I see is the absence of any major cities in the states chosen.  A state with a large urban center would have introduced yet another of the important voting blocs that can lead to significant differences for a candidate’s support (ie. urban/rural, rich/poor, majority/minority).  I’m not being very clear, am I?  Sorry.