Perhaps. New hampshire has become more of a swing state because of migration here. We are unusual, in that now fewer people New Hampshire were born here. More than 60 of residents are not natives. Many come from massachusetts. Taxesame to escape higher and more regulation. But particular the on social issues, their progressive. That is what we have seen over the years in New Hampshire, is migration that has made the electric or center and less leaning, but also many residents they havehere are a greater expectation of Government Services that New Hampshire typically had. New is also what has led to hampshire becoming a swing state. The other piece is the fact that independence are such a strong ethic here. And they continue to grow in size. 25 years ago, independence rate up only 25 of the electorate. 50 at this rate it will be by 2030. It is now 43 of the electorate, our independence. We make it very easy for our independence to take part in primaries here in New Hampshire. And they c
Kevin landrigan is joining us from concord New Hampshire and over the last 20 to 25 years, the Granite State has become a real Battle Ground state. Why . Whats changed . Yeah, thats interesting. And its quite a contrast, right . Ronald reagan when he ran for reelection in 84, he declared it the most republican state in the country and he certainly could have made that case other than the far west like utah. And nevada, perhaps, but New Hampshire has become much more a swing state. I think primarily because of the migration here. Were unusual in that now, fewer people in New Hampshire actually were born here. More than 60 of its residents are not natives. Many of them come from massachusetts. They kind of came to escape higher taxes and more regulations and, but particularly on social issues, theyre very progressive, and thats what weve really seen over the years in New Hampshire is not only migration that is obviously make the center, more left, right leaning, but many of the residents
On cspan 3, online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Kevin is a state house bureau chief for the union leader. He is joining us from concord, New Hampshire, and over the last 20 to 25 years the Granite State has become a real battleground state. Why . Whats changed . Yeah. Thats interesting. I mean its quite a contrast, right. Ronald reagan, when he ran for reelection in 48 declared it the most republican state in the country. You could have made that case like utah and nevada perhaps. New hampshire has become much more of a swing state. I think primarily because of the migration here. Were unusual in that now fewer people in New Hampshire actually were born here. More than 60 of its residents are not natives. Many of them are come from massachusetts. They kind of came to escape higher taxes and more regulation and but particularly on social issues, theyre very progressive and thats what weve really seen over the years in New Hampshire is not only more my braigr
Ok. How are you doing today . Good. [laughter] [applause] i have a number of jobs and , andrew will be here ok, how are you all doing . Good. I have a number of jobs, and are you all interested in meeting the next president of the United States . [applause] good. Marfan. Is steve politics, ilocal used to be the mayor of portsmouth, New Hampshire, and i used to be a candidate for governor of New Hampshire last year. Dont club too much. It is breaking news, i did not there would i won, be burly security people trying to intimidate you. Good news is, im not intimidating at all. There is a Silver Lining to what happened, because i have more free time than what i had hoped to have, and it was a year ago, coincidentally, a year ago today, i sat down for the first time with andrew yang for a cup of coffee at the Bridge Street cafe in my hometown of manchester. I knew him, but i did not know much about him, to be honest. Knew at aes in, i minimum we were going to be friends at the end of this
Good. Thats good. Coincidently, he will be here in 10 minutes or less. Hopefully, less than 10. I saw some people groan. It is going to be all right. My name is steve. If you like state or local politics, we may have crossed paths. If not, that is on me. I used to be the mayor of portsmouth, New Hampshire. And i was a candidate for governor of New Hampshire on the democratic side last year. [applause] dont clap too much. Breaking news, i did not win. [laughter] and had i won, there would be burly security people trying to intimidate you. But the good news is, i am not intimidating at all. Instead, there is a Silver Lining to what happened, because i had more free time that i hoped i would, a year ago, coincidently, today, i sat down for the first time with andrew yang for a cup of coffee in my hometown of manchester. I knew him, but i did not know much about him, to be honest. Five minutes in, i knew, at a minimum, that we were going to be friends at the end of this conversation. So he