Choice on who will become the republican and democratic nominee. Joining us today is james jennings, professor of emeritus cap tufts university, aaron o brien, professor of Political Science at humid boston, and paul weston on d, director of the institute for Asian American studies at the college of liberal arts also at umass boston. Let s jump right in. We have already seen the results in New Hampshire and iowa , but i wonder, these states are predominately white. Should they, in today s world, have so much influence, and immediate attention that comes along with it, in terms of picking president ial nominees . Should they . The answer is no. Do they . New hampshire and iowa is the American Election process on speed. The general election would set up a voting rules to discourage communities of color from voting. Iowa and New Hampshire put that on further display. Interest groups have undue influence. It is wildly unrepresentative, but it mirrors the way in which the general election i