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New Hampshire Primary Day 2020
The First-in-the-Nation primary in New Hampshire kicked off to light snowfall this morning. I spent an hour in Wolfeboro holding a Trump sign and lost count of the number of thumbs up I got after about 30 seconds. The only other sign holders there were for Buttigieg, the picture of me below was taken by one of them in a quid pro quo arrangement (I took a picture of them in exchange).
I then headed to neighboring Alton where I met representatives Mark Meadows and Mike Johnson. Here I am with Mark:
And here’s Mike speaking with my state representative, Glenn Cordelli:
Turnout in both locations seemed pretty steady. We’ll see later tonight how many Republican ballots were cast, but anecdotally it seems like Trump voters are turning out to show their support even though there’s no serious competition (as is ordinary for an incumbent president).
In Wolfeboro, I did have one older woman, with purple streaks in her hair, ask me why I was supporting Trump (with a sense of incredulity). So I told her that my most important issues are national security, taxes, and abortion, and that from my perspective he had delivered on those issues. She didn’t agree, and cited her 90-year-old mother, a lifelong Republican, saying in 2016 that Trump would be awful.
I said that was a perfectly fine opinion to have but I disagreed. She seemed a bit flabbergasted when she asked me if I was proud of Trump and I said yes. “Would you say that to a visitor from another country?” She asked. I said, “Yes. But first of all, I don’t care what people in other countries think.” She finally got tired of me not admitting that Trump was awful and she was right and said she didn’t have time to stand around talking and she had to go home. Then she spent 15 minutes talking to the Buttigieg supporters. 🤣
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I just listened to that again. If someone had a time machine, it would be funny if someone had gone back and asked her, maybe on that show, “In less than five years you will completely flip sides. You will support the election of an avowed socialist/communist over the incumbent Republican president. Comments?”
What’s that building in the background?
Buttigieg supporters = zero blacks
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It’s New Hampshire, Bitty:
good point
let’s see what happens in south carolina, nevada and super tuesday
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Just perusing the early numbers and they are looking very interesting. McMullin cost Trump NH (along with some squirming from Ayotte, which cost them both). It would appear that a great many of the folks that went with McMullin or just stayed away in 2016 are on board for Trump and highly motivated for this November. NH could be enormous for 2020. A flip for Trump could also bring the ax for Jeanne Shaheen.Â
It should be noted that Minnesota and New Mexico are in similar situations.
Those ballots look like they are from 1965, even the graphics and type remind me of grade school tests…..hey.. maybe that’s what it takes instead of some weird app made by a company called The Shadows. Love the pictures!
He might get a vote from his mother…
This is a great idea – offer the hats front and center on a header special in different colors so we can all wear them to the voting booths!
And we put them in a ballot box that was made in about 1890!
Better food and more pleasant company. There must have been almost 30 people in that line. Incredible! Meanwhile…
“With 87 percent of precincts reporting, Trump secured more than 120,000 votes in the Granite State. In 2012, Obama managed just 49,080 total votes in New Hampshire. The gap between the two presidents is likely to increase as more precincts report their totals Wednesday.
It also dwarfs the total of other incumbent presidents: then-President George W. Bush received 53,962 votes in the largely-uncontested GOP primary in New Hampshire in 2004. And in 1996, incumbent President Bill Clinton received 76,797 votes in New Hampshire’s primary.”
He reads this blog?!?
Rob? Yes. Not as often as James, but he does show up occasionally.
I think he may be on Gutfeld more often than he is on Ricochet. Ha~!`
Wow! Better not lose the skeleton key on that one – I doubt the locksmith can make a copy!
Nope. It was made back in 18-dickety-three by a guy who wore an onion on his belt.
Max, if I still lived in Vermont – and I don’t – I would have scooted south to join you. And worn a Ricochet t-shirt and slurped coffee out of one of my two Ricochet mugs.
Bill Weld got more votes in Tuftonborough than did Biden and Warren:
https://www.tuftonboro.org/sites/tuftonboronh/files/uploads/2020_tuftonboro_presidential_primary_election_results.pdf
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I can’t help but wonder how Roque De La Fuente is a candidate for both parties simultaneously.
That would have been great fun. Although I would have advised you to tack east somewhat. 🤣 But I’m guessing you’re saying you lived near Burlington?
100% of precincts are now in so the final vote tally is 130,805 for Trump, which is 84.37%. For context, Obama got 80% of the Democrat vote in the 2012 NH primary. And, of course, as mentioned, Obama had 49,000 votes in 2012.
Luckily I’m not a 15-year-old boy:Â
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-hampshire-man-arrested-after-allegedly-assaulting-pro-trump-teen-polling-site
Yep, lived near Burlington. Back in the day.
Don’t think that makes me a hippie commie, though. I was born there, unlike that carpetbagger Sanders.