The ULTIMATE PRIMARY survey: First primary/caucus state

[lividnyx]

I'd prefer a nationwide STV primary. Candidates create a national list of delegates, and voters rank the candidates. Almost all delegates allocated proportionally, with the remaining handful dealt with as you would in STV.

The reason to keep delegates around is you still need a group of people to vote on and write a party platform/manifesto, and I'd prefer they be directly elected by their constituents, rather than have a vote by virtue of holding another office.

That being said, I voted for California because it's the largest state. If you can't have a nationwide primary, I'd say it should largely be in order of population.