I love Texas. It would benefit the nation for the candidates to be exposed to Texas culture and maybe hear lectures about Texas history. It would be an improvement in terms of diversity too. It would probably be harder for someone like Buttigieg, with low name recognition, to advance. Oh well.
To be fair, though, the states should be rotated every 4 years. It should be randomly decided which ones come in order and the state who was first last time should be bumped to the end of the list.
I think every state should hold their primaries simultaneously
OR
it should be scheduled so that primaries are held in order of number of delegates, starting with the states and territories with the least number of delegates and gradually working up to the states with the most delegates.
I also think all of the primary ballots should be preference ballots, and delegates awarded based on weight of preference. While we're at it, let's have preference ballots in general elections as well. This creates instant run-off, since turnout almost always declines in a non-instant runoff election.
Another way the parties might consider ordering the primaries would be on how states voted in the last Presidential election. Chances of South Carolina going blue are fairly low, so really I don't see why that state's votes should hold as much weight for the democratic party's selection process. Iowa went red last time, therefore their democratic caucus would get pushed back considerably in the 2020 primary schedule. If they go blue in 2020, then they can get bumped back up in priority for 2024's democratic primary process.
Also do away with any winner-take-all bullshit like the republicans do in some states. (Winner take-all should also be obsoleted from the electoral college system. If they're going to keep that system then electoral votes should be awarded proportionally. Say a state has 10 electoral votes. A candidate wins 40 percent of the popular vote in that state, they get 4 electoral votes. A candidate gets 10 percent of the vote in that state, then they get 1 electoral vote. and so on)