The system has been made worse every four years since the early ’70s when primaries began to proliferate and party leaders in other states began plotting to minimize the early influence of Iowa and New Hampshire or actually supplant them by either moving their contests to try to get ahead of them or by urging the creation of “super” and regional primaries that might prove more “representative” than these states. None of these machinations have come close to working.

Thus, the desire of many to limit the importance of the early states has, in fact, had the opposite effect. Giuliani's strategy called for the former New York City mayor to essentially ignore the voters of Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina (to say nothing of Wyoming) and concentrate his forces in Florida and the early mega-primary to follow. Florida, where he had a more than 20 point lead just a couple of months ago, would provide a “fire wall” that would stop Romney, McCain or whoever else.............

Is there any other county that uses this pre-election caucus and primary system?
Is it to ensure the two party ONLY system.

In a federal election for the president, why does each individual vote not count? As it is there is no incentive to vote in a definite red or blue state. If all votes were counted in total for the whole of America, then the incentive to vote would be there. Maybe it is as it is now so states can cede from the union.

Of course this presupposes that any form of real democracy is the intent and I'm not convinced.

I will defer to those who are more expert than myself, as
to how this system evolved. But, in my humble opinion,
it appears to have morphed into a 'gargoyle'.