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January 26, 2004
| A Gambler's Guide to the N.H. Primary

FOXNews gives you all the inside dish on the NH Primary. Example:

“Polls are a pain. We get so many calls, my neighbors toy with pollsters for fun.”

Voters in New Hampshire are about eight times more likely to be polled than in Iowa, where quadrennial complaints about too many annoying polls and robo-calls could be heard long before caucus night. Weekend polling in New Hampshire right before the primary often skews.

“I’ll see a speech or two this weekend by the guys I like, and decide on Tuesday.”

The political appeals process is considered fun in New Hampshire. People both soak up and feed off of the volatility. Granite Staters are famously tuned in and are notoriously late deciders.

“This is the state sport.”

Don’t underestimate voter sophistication in New Hampshire. Thousands of activist families have been at this for over a year. Some folks play games just to keep the state in the history books time after time.

Voters force candidates to take “the test” until the very last minute, knowing that in the frantic final days, the chances of a “New Hampshire moment” increase. Those “moments” can alter voters’ decisions in the last 24 hours before the primary.



Posted by Alan at January 26, 2004 10:20 PM | TrackBack
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Some folks play games just to keep the state in the history books time after time.

We all know people get the government they deserve. Nice to see the politicians get the voters they deserve…

Posted by: lewy14 at January 27, 2004 05:36 AM

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