# Do other countries have Iowa and NH system of picking their leader? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 27, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-have-iowa-and-nh-system-of-picking-their-leader/735912 "2015-10-27T22:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![Francis\_Vaughan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/francis_vaughan/32/3093_2.png) [@Francis\_Vaughan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francis_Vaughan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-have-iowa-and-nh-system-of-picking-their-leader/735912/15 "2015-10-28T12:17:32Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > By now the N.H. election is the 2nd Tuesday of the election year. And they’ve enshrined their advantage into law: Clearly another state should hold their primary the day after the presidential election. Thus New Hampshire would be holding the primary for the _next_ president after the one currently being elected. Or perhaps another state should enact the same legislation. Then it would be elephants and donkeys all the way down. :dubious: Here in Oz the election date isn’t enshrined in law, the Prime Minister can request that an election be called almost at whim (subject to a maximum time) so we are mostly spared long term political deluge, as it is never clear when it is a good idea to start. Not only that, given recent politics, we don’t even always know who we might be voting for as Prime Minister at the election. Nor are we assured that they will remain so once elected. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-have-iowa-and-nh-system-of-picking-their-leader/735912)._