Outside of being an automated teller machine for candidates, New York has next to no say in choosing our presidential nominees. Every four years, the states that vote between early January when caucuses and primaries kick off, and early March when, in one day, over one third of delegates are awarded — are the deciders. New York’s presidential primaries have been all over the calendar since 2016, in mid-April, late June, and early April respectively — after the race was completely or effectively decided without our input. The reality is the eventual nominee is historically 74% of the way to the winning threshold by the end of March and 85% of Democratic primaries have been effectively decided by that same time.

These practical realities have relegated New York’s role in the process to that

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