Pa., N.J. have little say in the 2020 primary

They're better reflections of the whole nation, but their late primary elections give voters in Pa. and N.J. less influence in the 2020 presidential race.

Air Date: February 25, 2020

Election worker Khalid Battle reads a book as he waits for voters to cast their ballots in Pennsylvania primary election at Memorial Gospel Crusades Church in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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They’re better reflections of the nation as a whole, but their late primary elections give voters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey way less influence in the 2020 presidential race. We’ll examine how this impacts Pennsylvania’s role as a swing state, and take a look at that time in 2008 NJ did move its primary up … only to move it back again.

Guest: Jonathan Tamari, The Philadelphia Inquirer

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