Why do states keep moving their primaries earlier?

Why do states keep moving their primaries earlier?

Thea Brodkin (Voter Service Chair) gives expert video advice on: What types of elections are there?; Why do we have primaries?; Why do states keep moving their primaries earlier? and more...

Everybody wants a say in who the presidential candidate is going to be. So the states are jockeying who has a say. Traditionally it's up to the political parties and they have selected Iowa and New Hampshire to be the first and this is traditional. This has been going on for I don't know how many years, but many years. And other states like California who don't vote till June feel they're left out of the process because by then it may be over who the presidential candidate is, because other states have made their decision. California moved it up, so did New York, Pennsylvania. So now February has become the June primary. Now there are other places that do selection of presidential candidates by caucus, by convention. I mean there are other ways in having an election, but most states have a presidential primary.