Developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on are efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the , secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshires primary one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state gardner will be coming to talk about these issues. At one time we had a saying this is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the eventual nominee or president does not always have to win the New Hampshire primary. We will talk about that a when talk about that a little bit as well as we go on. When did primary start and what happened . First of all, theres nothing in the constitution about nominating candidates for president. The constitution is pretty quiet on how we choose who the nominees are going to be. Article ii, paragraph 25
February 14, at 4 p. M. Eastern. This coming tuesday is the first of the nature New Hampshire primary. Next Political Science professor andrew smith teaches a class on the history of the primary and its significance in the president ial election process. We recorded the class at the university of New Hampshire in 2011. His class is about an hour and 15 minutes. Professor smith welcome. Today people talk about the history of the New Hampshire primary. Before we get into the history, i want to talk for a bit about the history of the nomination process en toto. How do we nominate the candidates for president . The thing i want to talk about overall, first off, giving you a sense of the New Hampshire primary. It did not start with the first president ial primary. I will talk about how it developed in importance over the years, particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on is efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was do
History of the New Hampshire primary. ,efore we get into the history i want to talk for a bit about the history of the nomination process. How do we nominate the candidates for president. The think and want to talk about overall, first off, giving you a sense of the New Hampshire primary. It did not start with the first president of primary. I will talk about how it developed in importance over the years. Particularly since 1952. The third part i will focus on is efforts to bump New Hampshire out of its slot is the first primary. How those things happened. What was done to respond to them in particular, that the secretary of state is required by law to set the primary date of New Hampshire one week before any similar contest. Later on this week secretary of state geithner will be coming to talk about secretary the secretary of state will be coming to discuss these issues. Thise time we had a saying is always first, always right. It is not always right. The candidate who will become the
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