A trend has emerged in the last 20 years or so in which states move their primary elections or caucuses earlier in the presidential election year in order to increase their significance nationwide. This process has become known as _____________.

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This is the correct answer as frontloading refers to the practice of scheduling primary elections or caucuses earlier in the presidential election year in order to increase their significance nationwide. Leap-frogging refers to the practice of scheduling primary elections or caucuses earlier than other states, without necessarily increasing their significance. Intensifying, opening the process, and narrowing the field are not terms commonly used to describe this trend.

A Trend Has Emerged in the Last 20 Years or So