Host joe mcquaid, longtime publisher and editor at large of the New Hampshire union leader. We will spend an hour talking but the history of the New Hampshire primary. Thats all . Host before we get into history, lets talk with the current one. Michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or New Hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. What does that do to the relevance of your primary . Guest there are all these questions about the relevance of the New Hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. People are not going to campaign, they are going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. The short answer is i dont know. There are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones and thinks he can get street cred by buying it, which i think is probably not going to work for him. He said recently that even if he does not win the nomination, he will spend money t
You can also join the conversation on twitter cspanwj or goto facebook. Com cspan. We will find out in a minute who you plan to write in on november 8 rather than voting for the names on the ballot. First, let me show you why we are asking this question to all of you this morning. Here is cnns google searches for writein are off the charts. Google trends data indicates that the online searches for writein surged by 2800 hitting a record high since 2004. The states with the highest rates of search are not battlegrounds. But republican and democratic strongholds. In the state of arizona, senator john mccain is up for reelection. We have been covering many debates on cspan for senate and house candidates. In a recent senate debate, here is what senator mccain said what he will do on november 8. Senator mccain it takes a big man to know when he is wrong. And to admit it. Mike pence and have the humility to apologized and donald trump last night show that he is a big man. Host that obviousl
You can also join the conversation on twitter cspanwj or goto facebook. Com cspan. We will find out in a minute who you plan to write in on november 8 rather than voting for the names on the ballot. First, let me show you why we are asking this question to all of you this morning. Here is cnns google searches for writein are off the charts. Google trends data indicates that the online searches for writein surged by 2800 hitting a record high since 2004. The states with the highest rates of search are not battlegrounds. But republican and democratic strongholds. In the state of arizona, senator john mccain is up for reelection. We have been covering many debates on cspan for senate and house candidates. In a recent senate debate, here is what senator mccain said what he will do on november 8. Senator mccain it takes a big man to know when he is wrong. And to admit it. Mike pence and have the humility to apologized and donald trump last night show that he is a big man. Host that obviousl
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