In its bid for political relevance, California has often played around with the date for its presidential primary. Will an earlier primary in 2020 help assuage the state's long-held inferiority complex about its lack of political impact?
The moving of California’s 2020 presidential primary to March 3 is the latest bid to play with the calendar in hopes of gaining more electoral relevance.
“We have this impression that California is leading the nation,” said Fabian Nuñez, former Assembly speaker. “On the other hand, it's like — who? Where?” Kim Nalder, a political scientist at Cal State Sacramento, called California’s lack of impact on presidential elections “patently absurd.” Eight years later, California Democrats sided with South Dakota Sen. George McGovern, handing him enough delegates to secure the nomination.
While the state’s primaries may not have been determinative that year, they did prove successful in getting Californians to the polls. About 9 million people voted, marking the highest voter turnout rate in a primary in nearly three decades.
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