After a disastrous Iowa caucus, people are asking why New Hampshire gets to be the first in the nation for primary season. Chris Cillizza explains the history into why this tiny state votes first.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Vote-reporting mess leaves Iowa with no victor on caucus night
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/politics/election-day-in-iowa/index.html.
The 50 US States Ranked By Population
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-states-by-population.html.
Why do Iowa and New Hampshire, two of the nation’s least diverse states, get to vote first?
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/11/29/why-do-iowa-and-new-hampshire-two-of-the-nations-least-diverse-states-get-to-vote-first/.
How many Dunkin Donuts locations are there in the United States?
https://www.scrapehero.com/location-reports/Dunkin%20Donuts-USA/.
A History of U.S. Presidential Primaries: 1912-64
https://web.archive.org/web/20071228132247/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002649356.
New Hampshire: A Proven Primary Tradition
https://www.nhhistory.org/Research/Online-Exhibitions/New-Hampshire-A-Proven-Primary-Tradition.
What The 1952 Republican Primary Teaches Us About Today’s Primary
https://www.hoover.org/research/what-1952-republican-primary-teaches-us-about-todays-primary.
Why is New Hampshire the first primary in the nation?
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2016/02/05/why-is-new-hampshire-the-first-primary-in-the-nation/.
Meet The Guard Dog Who Keeps The New Hampshire Primary First
https://www.npr.org/2016/02/04/465465975/new-hampshire-primary-meet-the-man-the-guard-dog-who-keeps-it-first.
Dixville Notch, NH finds enough people to retain voting claim to fame
https://www.fosters.com/news/20200109/dixville-notch-nh-finds-enough-people-to-retain-voting-claim-to-fame.
How Predictive Are Iowa And New Hampshire?
https://www.npr.org/2016/01/31/465016222/how-predictive-are-iowa-and-new-hampshire.
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