▁Democratic ▁National ▁Committee ' s ▁Commission ▁on ▁President ial ▁Nom ination ▁Tim ing ▁and ▁Sch ed uling ▁ranked ▁it ▁nin th ▁on ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁ten ▁prior ities , ▁just ▁above ▁keeping ▁the ▁status ▁qu o . ▁ ▁Lar ge ▁initial ▁primary ▁size ▁The ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁initial ▁regional ▁primary ▁may ▁be ▁large ▁enough ▁to ▁prevent ▁less - fund ed ▁candidates ▁from ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁comp ete . ▁ ▁Options ▁ ▁Lot tery ▁system ▁Larry ▁Sab ato , ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Virginia ▁Center ▁for ▁Polit ics , ▁proposed ▁a ▁lot tery ▁system ▁in ▁his ▁book , ▁A ▁More ▁Per fect ▁Constitution . ▁ ▁This ▁would ▁use ▁the ▁same ▁regions ▁as ▁above , ▁but ▁would ▁wait ▁until ▁about ▁ 6 ▁months ▁before ▁the ▁first ▁primary ▁before ▁selecting ▁the ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁prim aries . ▁ ▁This ▁would ▁prevent ▁candidates ▁from ▁" camp ing ▁out " ▁in ▁early ▁primary ▁states . ▁ ▁This ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁adjust ed ▁to ▁prevent ▁a ▁region ▁from ▁being ▁picked ▁twice ▁in ▁a ▁row , ▁or ▁to ▁prevent ▁any ▁region ▁that ▁went ▁first ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁times ▁from ▁going ▁first . ▁ ▁Polit ically ▁bal anced ▁regions ▁ ▁One ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁regional ▁system ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁East ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁liberal ▁region , ▁while ▁the ▁South ▁is ▁very ▁conserv ative . ▁ ▁Given ▁the ▁stability ▁of ▁the ▁voting ▁patterns ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁several ▁elections , ▁regions ▁might ▁be ▁bal anced ▁polit ically , ▁at ▁the ▁possible ▁cost ▁of ▁some ▁cont igu ity . ▁ ▁For ▁example ,