Day Four: Happy Primary Day!

Today is the day! After weeks of campaigning, debating, and shamelessly promoting themselves the candidates will finally get to see if all of their hard work paid off. Most voting places are open from 6 am until 7 pm but a few towns run things differently on primary day. Because the towns of Dixville Notch, Millsfield, and Hart's Landing all have fewer than 100 residents they are allowed to begin voting at midnight and close their polls after everyone that is eligible to vote has voted. In past elections Dixville Notch has successfully predicted every Republican nominee since 1968, an astounding 12 elections. Today, these were the results:

Dixville Notch: 

Sanders 4, Clinton 0

Kasich 3, Trump 2

Millsfield: 

Clinton 2, Sanders 1

Cruz 9, Trump 3, Kasih 1, Rubio 1, Christie 1, Bush 1, Fiorina, Paul 1 

Hart's Landing:

Sanders 12, Clinton 7, Greenstein 2

Kasich 5, Trump 4, Christie 2, Rubio 1, Bush 1, Carson 1 

Now these towns may not have much to do with the overall outcome of tonight's election but it does showcase American democracy at its finest. And if this story sounded slightly familiar to you, the political drama "The West Wing" dedicated a sentimental plot line to the people of these towns during the reelection of their fictional President Josiah Bartlett. 

Day Three: Chris Christie

As the third day began we ventured back out into the madness of American politics see a whole variety of politicians. Our first stop was to see Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie at a small town hall event held on the floor of a factory outside of Manchester. We got to the event right as Christie was being introduced by Buddy The Cake Boss, a fellow New Jersey guy,  and Christie supporter. Christie spoke for around 20 minutes before taking questions from the audience for another hour. This event has been my favorite of the Republican candidates so far because Christie took the time to listen to each of the audience members questions and give thoughtful, detailed answers to their questions that ranged for homeland security to social security. Christie himself is also an impressive orator, knowing exactly how to work his audience and implicitly go after his opponents. 

GOP Debate Article

Good morning! As our vans head towards our first event of the day, here is an article from The Washington Post analyzing the candidates from the debate last night: who won, who lost, and everything in between.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/06/winners-and-losers-from-the-new-hampshire-republican-debate/