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TimmTimm t1_iyrapiz wrote

I always see people bring up the economic impact of losing the first primary, but in my mind, if this state is so economically dependent on an event that happens once every four years, there might be bigger issues to figure out.

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TutenWelch t1_iyrvpgh wrote

For that matter, is spending equally high in every election year? There's a big difference in noise and media attention between an election year like 2000 or 2016 and an election year like 1984 or 2004. I assume that's reflected in the amount of spending (if nothing else, you simply have fewer big-pocketed candidates in the mix when a popular incumbent is running).

I'm definitely not an expert. Maybe it really does have a huge impact. But listing a few figures from a major primary season doesn't make that case.

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