Fight the zika virus. On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, the candidates vying for the presidency are out in force, despite snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the state. For most of them, the latest polls are even more dounting than the water. For more on who is up, and who is down, were joined by Mike Viqueira live in New Hampshire. It seems basically this is a race for second place among the republicans . Good evening to you, richelle. Of course donald trump was ahead in the polls heading into the iowa caucuses, his lead wasnt quite as great as it is here in New Hampshire. But there are a number of voters, a significant percentage who have not made up their minds, and donald trump is taking no chances. He has had several events today. And just behind me, he is expecting several hundred if not thousands at a final closing rally to try to bring out the vote here across the state of New Hampshire, meanwhile all of this weather really causing havoc on the roads, but it didnt
Their votes right at midnight and have done since 1960, welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters. And New Hampshire Officials Say they expect a Record Number of ballots to be cast today and likely cast the mark set in 2008 and al jazeera is live in manchester, New Hampshire and mike several candidates there say they need a strong show just to stay in the race today. Reporter that is right and if the polls are believed to come in the race and the first ballot is being cast already in New Hampshire donald trump will wake away and this is New Hampshire and the polls are unreliable and a lot of lastminute politicking going on and undivided voters up to the eve of the election especially on the republican side this will be make or break. Lost momentums from saturday. Reporter rubio needs New Hampshire and he seemed to be on the rise here after a third strong place finish in iowa. Then came saturday night and blistering attack at the last republican debay and under
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im del walters. Voting in the first president ial primary is now underway. The polls there have been open for several hours in New Hampshire. Votes already tall lived in a few small towns including dicksville notch, nine voters voting there. New hampshire Officials Saying the vote will likely top the high mark set back in 2008. Mike viqueira joins us live from manchester New Hampshire, and mike how unpredictable is the primary this time around . Reporter well, its very unpredictable, you look at the polling leading up to the real vote, donald trump lapping the field twice as clear as his nearest competitor, the nearest competitor being marco rubio. Bern has lead for weeks over hillary clinton. A lot of people looking at that race, thinking it is going to tighten up somewhat. But there is a large number of undecided voters, and after frantic campaigning, the candidates making their final ditches del. Several candidates say they need a
Issues polls are open in New Hampshire where voters are getting a chance to make their choice in the first president ial primary. Turnout is expected to be very heavy today. The votes have been tallied in a few small towns, including a town of nine people, giving Bernie Sanders and john kasich the early win. We are live in New Hampshire, how unpredictable is this primary this time around . Good morning to you, stephanie. This could be the end of the line for some candidates on the republican side and the beginning of a long fought battle between the survivors and of course Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton on the democratic side. If the prepolls are to be believed, Bernie Sanders has a substantial lead hes maintained for weeks now over Hillary Clinton and on the republican side, donald trump is lapping the field, he has got twice the support of his nearest competitor, second place being marco rubio. Nothing is guaranteed. These polls are notoriously unreliable here in New Hampshire. T
Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im del walters and the gop caucusing there today. And donald trump say he is the frontrunner but its very unpredictable and we are live in las vegas outside of what will be the gop caucus headquarters and good morning and what in particular explains the trump phenomenon in nevada . Well, stephanie i think you hit on a very interesting point which is the unpredictability of the state and has a population of 3 million and expect 3040,000gop caucus goers later today and that is not that much as percentage of republicans which means the state has been unpredictable in the past when it comes to polling, now having said that though donald trump has a comfortable double digit mark over cruz and rubio and what some supporters had to say from monday night rally. He gives us what we need and Financial Stability and Strong Military and need to feel secure when we get on an airplane, when we go out to anything in las vegas or anywhere and thi