I do not agree with this popular vote stuff because if you really want a popular vote that has decent accracy. You would need to redo the early states because man opinions have changed concerning Obama and Clinton. You just can not use an online poll or mailing poll to get information to hinge an election on. If they are going to use the popular vote argument then they need to spend some money and get a real poll going.
Polls are worthless. Polls predicted a close race today in PA; polls are always off.
But you are right: some voters from the early primaries are alarmed about things they didn’t know about Obama, and wish they could take their votes back. "Buyers Remorse." There unfortunately no way to measure that either, short of wide spread re-do’s and that is never going to happen. We can only hope that the Super-delegates will do their jobs, and take all that into consideration. (Personally, I do not envy them)
Also, don’t forget about the caucus states. There is no real way to measure the popular vote in states where caucuses were held. Most people that would vote in primaries, can’t show up for caucuses anyway; people have jobs, kids need babysitters, etc. By nature, caucuses drastically limit the number of people who are able to participate. Then, of the people who show up… only a fraction of those are actually counted, and are assigned as delegates. There really is no practical way to get an accurate idea of what the popular vote would look like in caucus states.
(I wish they would eliminate caucused all together, for that reason. They do it because it’s "cheaper" than holding an actual primary with ballots)
And, lastly, there is the mess with Michigan and Florida… that needs to be straightened out too, or else the primary results will be severely skewed. It wouldn’t be such a big deal, if the race hadn’t been this close… but it was closer than expected, and those states are big electoral cash cows, and ignoring their votes, not seating their delegates would be self-defeating for the party. But counting those votes will be a serious mess, especially now that Obama has blocked any hope for a re-do.
This primary process has hopefully been a learning experience for the DNC. They have four years now to make some changes for next time. (eliminate caucuses, my #1 beef) I understand your concern though, it seems like these primaries started so long ago. It’s only been a few months though, and you wouldn’t want the process to go by too quickly… the candidates need this time to be properly vetted, and Americans need the time to get to know their options as best as possible. Things won’t start getting really intense until the general election campaign begins… long ways to go yet.