Significance Of The 2000 Florida Presidential Primary

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of the primaries and caucuses.
During the primaries, aspiring candidates for the nomination traditionally begin campaigning in the states that have the earliest primaries. As a result, voters in the states with early primaries receive exaggerated attention from the primary contenders and the news media. In many states, only a party's registered voters can vote in the party primary, which is known as a closed primary. Some states, however, have open primaries, which allow voters to wait until Election Day to choose the party primary that they want to vote in. In these states, a voter can vote whether or not they are a member of the party. Historically, the expense of campaigning across dispersed primary states eliminates many candidates. Many candidates drop out of the race due to lack of finances or after poor showings in the early contests.
In 1988, fourteen southern states moved their primaries to the second Tuesday in March, which at the time was March 8, to increase their ...

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the March 14 primary date that dilutes the significance of the Florida primary are Iowa, New Hampshire, Arizona, South Carolina, Michigan, and Virginia.
Throughout the period leading up to the Iowa caucuses, George W. Bush raised a record $70-million and seemed to be the frontrunner in the Republican Party by a wide margin. Paul Bedinghaus, the chairman of the Pinellas County Republican Party, initially thought that Bush would run away with the Republican nomination. However, John McCain won the open primaries in New Hampshire and Michigan, where about half of the primary voters were independents or Democrats. Bedinghaus said that McCain was a "Maverick who ran against the system." ...

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