Super Tuesday is a day in the United States where 15 different states vote in the primary election. This day is considered a big reflection on who is most likely to win the presidential bid. This might seem like a good thing, but there are many complications with those states that are not a part of the lineup of Super Tuesday voters. 

New York, for example, votes pretty late. They vote, alongside a few other northeastern states, on April 28. Super Tuesday was on Tuesday, March 3.. There is a huge gap between these two dates, which might seem like it does not make a difference. However, as primaries happen and time goes on, more and more candidates learn that they do not have a chance of winning the bid. Instead, they drop out and support one of the other candidates.

This, in turn, makes people’s votes not matter. If someone in Iowa, the home of the first round of voting for the primaries, voted for, say, Mike Bloomberg, their vote would not matter when, a week later, Bloomberg dropped out. For those who live in states where the primaries happen later, like New York, they are unable to vote for the candidate that they think would make the best president. They had to instead choose the candidate that remains that they like the best. 

Those who vote later than Super Tuesday and already feel passionately about a candidate who is still in the race, like Elizabeth Warren was, may want to vote for her even though it appeared, at the time, that she stood no chance. Their preferences would not matter though, because after however many days with very little traction, Warren would drop out of the race for the presidential bid despite countless voters never getting the chance to pledge their support. 

The votes that happen on Super Tuesday impact the election more as people have more candidates to vote for. This is unfair to people in other states who vote in the primaries, since every vote should have equal impact and count for the same amount. The solution to this problem is simple: have everyone vote in the primaries on the same day, just like they do on Election Day. 

Every vote would roll in that evening, then there would be more time for other candidates to rally behind the candidate that won, which would lead to more solidarity between parties. This would also give them more time to put the candidate against the candidate from the other party in debates. The more time that the American people have to learn about who they are voting for the better. 

Election Day, and this theoretical Super Tuesday, should be a holiday, where each person could go in at any time during the day and vote. Shops shutting down or being slightly less-staffed for one day would not stop the world from spinning. Every American should be able to vote. They might choose not to, as is their right, but employment or who is still running for president should not impact if or when they vote. 

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