Just ping the direction you selected , any competent player will know what you mean . simple <| sep |> Let me put it another way . For statewide office , I am able to vote in the primaries for several choices , all at once . If there is a candidate with little money , but smart , I have a chance to elevate them to the general election . When that candidate is elected to congress , even though there are quite a few other representatives he or she has access to the same tools and podium as the rest . In the Presidential election , the primaries are held in tiny states in the northeast and any chance I have to elevate a poorer candidate is lost he gets weeded out by Vermont . The winner of the Vermont and New England primaries does so by promising millions of dollars of aid and Lobster subsidies and Maple syrup taxbreaks that the rest of us don ' t approve of , but the candidate needed to do to eliminate the poor candidate . Heshe becomes shyt sandwich # 1 , while the other party does the same and nominates shyt sandwich # 2 . If the election is then held by popular vote , the winning candidate is the one who promised the most highspeed rail and snowplows and Film Industry subsidies . The more populous states in the east and California have selected their President . 80 % of the USA has spoken . Good news , I guess .