New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Hampshire Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.             1,315,828
Total Registration, Jan. 8, 2008                    885,494 (includes 61,712 Election Day registrations)
Rep. 271,220 (%)   Dem. 258,776 (%)   Undecl. 355,498 (%)
New Hampshire has: 10 counties.
Largest counties: Hillsborough, Rockingham, Merrimack, Strafford, Grafton. >
Largest cities: Manchester, Nashua, Concord.

Government
Governor: John Lynch (D) elected Nov. 2004, re-elected in 2006.
State Legislature: New Hampshire General Court House: 400 seats Senate: 24 seats
Local: Cities and Towns NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2D - 1. C.Shea-Porter (D) | 2. P.Hodes (D).
U.S. Senate: John Sununu (R) up for re-election in 2008, Judd Gregg (R) re-elected in 2004.

The Granite State

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State

Libertarian Party of NH
NH Constitution Party
NH Democratic Party
NH Green Party
NH Republican State Comm.

The Union Leader
Concord Monitor
Newspapers
TV-NHPTV, WMUR
TV, Radio

Politics1-NH
GraniteProf
PoliticsNH.com

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Main NH Primary Page

Democrats
30 Delegates (22 Pledged, 8 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates. >>
0.74% of the 4,047 Delegate Votes.

Official Results as corrected March 6, 2008

Joe Biden
638

0.22%

+Hillary Clinton
112,404

39.09%

Chris Dodd
205

0.07%

John Edwards
48,699

16.94%

Mike Gravel
404

0.14%

Dennis Kucinich
3,891

1.35%

Barack Obama
104,815

36.45%

Bill Richardson
13,269

4.61%

More Democrats (12)
715

0.25%

Republican candidates (21)
2,247

0.78%

Other
270

0.09%

Total
287,557

285,040 votes for 20 Democratic candidates.
McCain obtained 932 votes in the Democratic primary.

121,515 undeclared voters declared Democratic and voted on Primary Day.

Reactions: Clinton, Obama

Republicans
12 delegates (penalized 12 delegates because process violates RNC rules).
0.50% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Delegate allocation: Proportional with 10% threshold.

Official Results

Rudy Giuliani
20,439

8.54%

Mike Huckabee
26,859

11.22%

Duncan Hunter
1,225

0.51%

+John McCain
88,571

37.01%

Ron Paul
18,308

7.65%

Mitt Romney
75,546

31.57%

Fred Thompson
2,894

1.21%

More Republicans (14)
715

0.30%

Democratic candidates (20)
4,464

1.87%

Scatter
227

0.09%

Total
239,328

234,637 votes for 21 Republican candidates.
Obama obtained 1,800 votes in the Republican primary.

75,522 undeclared voters declared Republican and voted on Primary Day.

Reactions: McCain, Romney

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Unregistered voters may register and vote on Election Day and there were 94,431 Election Day Registrations.


Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	331,237	(48.88)
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	340,511	(50.25)
Nader/Camejo (Ind.)	4,479	(0.66)
Scatter	1,435	(0.21)
Total........677,662

686,089 total ballots cast of which 62,059 (9.0%) were absentee.

2004 Overview
New Hampshire was one of the much-watched battleground states. It was the only state to flip from red to blue, as Kerry gained a plurality of 9,274 votes (1.37 percentage points) over Bush. Kerry finished ahead in six counties (Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford, and Sullivan) to Bush's four (Belknap, Carroll, Hillsborough, and Rockingham). (detailed results)
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04
General Election Details

(State Primary: September 14, 2004)

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.)...........246,214	(49.32)
Dole (Rep.)................196,532	(39.37)
Perot (Ref.).................48,390	(9.69)
Others (2+w/ins)............8,039	(1.61)
Total........499,175

1992

Clinton (Dem.)...........209,040 (38.86)

Bush (Rep.)...............202,484 (37.64)

Perot (Ind.)................121,337
(22.56)

Others (3+w/ins)...........5,084
(0.95)

Total........537,945

2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	273,559	(48.07)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	266,348	(46.80)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,757	(0.48)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	22,198	(3.90)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	328	(0.05)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)	2,615	(0.46)
Misc. Write Ins	1,276	(0.22)
Total........569,081

578,656 total ballots cast of which 45,225 (7.8%) were absentee.

2000 Overview
Gov. Bush was thumped by Sen. McCain in the Feb. 1 New Hampshire Republican primary, but he rebounded in the Nov. general election, carrying this battleground state with a plurality of 7,211 votes (1.27 percentage points). Bush won 6 of the state's 10 counties. In the most populous county, Hillsborough (includes Manchester), Bush finished 3,024 votes ahead of Gore. Gore fared best in Cheshire county (Keene) and Strafford county (Rochester and Dover) and narrowly won Merrimack and Grafton counties. Nader's 22,198 vote showing may have tipped the balance to Bush.
General Election Activities

Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Main NH Primary Page

Ballot access: Submit a Declaration of Candidacy and pay the $1,000.00 filing fee to New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner between November 3, 2003 and November 21, 2003.

Total Registration, Jan. 27, 2004: 714,119 (includes 26,890 Election Day Registrations)
Rep. 245,438 (34.37%) Dem. 199,731 (27.97%) Undecl. 268,950 (37.66%)
7,702 Undecl. voters declared Republican and voted on Primary Day.
95,634 Undecl. voters declared Democratic and voted on Primary Day.
80,735 of the 103,336 returned to Undecl. status before leaving the polling place.

Democrats
Participation: Open to all those registered on the voter checklist as Democrats or those registered on the voter checklist as independents who request a Democratic ballot.

ballot Presidential Preference Primary Results
Tuesday, January 27, 2004

The January 27, 2004 Presidential Preference Primary determines 14 district-level delegates (and 0 alternates).
On April 24, 2004 district-level delegates caucus and select:
-Add-on Unpledged: 1
-Pledged Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates: 3
-At-large Delegates: 5 (and 4 at-large alternates)
allocated according to the statewide primary vote

Total

Percent

Wesley Clark
27,314

12.43%

Howard Dean
57,761

26.28%

John Edwards
26,487

12.05%

+John F. Kerry
84,377

38.39%

Dennis J. Kucinich
3,114

1.42%

Joe Lieberman
18,911

8.61%

Others (17+w/ins+Scatter)
1,802

0.82%

Total
219,766

Others: Bateman (68), Moseley Braun (81), Braun III (13), Carter (86), Crow (60), Dokka (42), Gephardt (419), Glover (11), Hamm (58), Killeen (31), LaRouche (90), Lee (15), Linnell (49), O'Donnell (79), Penna (8), Sharpton (347), Tablow (8), Rep. w/ins and Scatter (358)
details
27 Delegates (22 Pledged, 5 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates, >

NHDP Delegate Selection Plan.

Republicans
Participation: Open to all those registered on the voter checklist as Republicans or those registered on the voter checklist as independents who request a Republican ballot.

Presidential Preference Primary Results
Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Delegates allocated proportionally based on the results of the Presidential Preference Primary.

Total

Percent

George W. Bush
53,962

79.80%

Other Republicans (13)
4,597

6.80%

Democratic w/ins
8,088

11.96%

Scatter
973

1.44%

Total
67,620

Others: Ashby (264), Bosa (841), Buchanan (836), Callis (388), Gostigian (52), Haines (579), Harnes (87), Howard (239), Laughlin (154), O'Connor (77), Rigazio (803), Taylor (124), Wyatt (153); Dem. w/ins - Kerry (2,819), Dean (1,789), Clark (1,407), Edwards (1,088), Lieberman (914), Others (75) 32 Delegates (6 District level and 26 At-large) and 29 Alternates