Kv603 t1_isowojd wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Reply to comment by Darwins_Dog in How do you Granite Staters feel about having the first primary in the nation in your state every 4 years? by BoringAccountName78

> That would be true no matter which state was first, and seems to reinforce the idea that NH is a throwaway primary for the serious candidates.

Doing it in a small state with a high ratio of "Undeclared" voters makes a difference -- a candidate without a ton of funding can still have a chance here, and the voters (those who care to do so) can literally meet every candidate in person given the number of events and our small size and small population.

Darwins_Dog t1_isp1aav wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:11 PM

I guess I don't see how that's relevant. The rest of the country doesn't really care if people in NH met candidates or not and NH voters don't have any special insights into politics (as much as they may claim otherwise). I can't recall an underfunded candidate that did well in NH and went on to win the nomination. Bernie hung on for a while and managed to shift the conversation of the (ultimately unsuccessful) democratic campaign, but that's the most I can think of.