IN MANCHESTER NH JODI REED
22NEWS
CIARA:
THE FIRST-IN-THE-NATION NEW
HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY IS JUST DAYS
AWAY
NOW.
SUCCESS IN THIS PRIMARY CAN BE
ENORMOUS FOR A CANDIDATE.
22NEWS ANCHOR TAYLOR KNIGHT
REPORTS ON PAST CAMPAIGNS THAT
WERE IMPACTED BY THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY.
SINCE 1952, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY HAS BEEN A MAJOR TEST
FOR CANDIDATES
SEEKING BOTH THE REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
IN 1992, BILL CLINTON GOT ONLY
ABOUT 3 PERCENT OF THE IOWA
CAUCUS VOTE - LOSING
TO IOWA SENATOR TOM HARKIN, WHO
HAD A HOME-STATE ADVANTAGE.
LARRY GAGNE, MANCHESTER, NH
"I REMEMBER THE COMEBACK KID WAS
BILL
CLINTON. THAT'S WHAT HE USED FOR
HIS THING.
CLINTON'S FIRST REAL VOTER TEST
WAS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY A
WEEK LATER.
SENATOR PAUL TSONGAS ENDED UP
BEATING CLINTON IN THE PRIMARY.
HE WAS A SENATOR FROM LOWELL,
MASSACHSUETTS - A TOWN LOCATED
JUST
10 MILES FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
BORDER.
BILL GARDNER
"IF YOU TOOK THE VOTES 25 MILES
FROM WHERE THAT
CANDIDATE LIVED, AND ELIMINATED
THEM, HE REALLY WAS THE WINNER."
CLINTON IS THE ONLY PERSON TO
LOSE IN BOTH NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
IOWA, AND GO ON
TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
TAYLOR KNIGHT
A WIN HERE IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY WAS
CRUCIAL FOR GEORGE H.W. BUSH'S
1988 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
BILL GARDNER
"HE WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT AND
IT WAS ALL
ON THE LINE FOR HIM IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE."
HE FINSIHED THIRD IN IOWA, BUT
HIS CAMPAIGN GOT BACK ON TRACK
IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AFTER A CONVINCING
WIN.
HE THEN WENT ON TO BECOME
PRESIDENT.
CANDIDATES WHO DO POORLY IN THE
NEW HAMPSIRE PRIMARY FREQUENTLY
DROP
OUT.
THOSE CANDIDATES WHO DO WELL
THOUGH, CAN BECOME SERIOUS
CONTENDERS.
LARRY GAGNE, MANCHESTER, NH
"BETWEEN THE IOWA CAUCUSSES AND
THE FIRST
IN THE NATION NEW HAMPSHIRE
PRIMARY, YOU GET CRED. IF YOU
WIN HERE, YOU HAVE
MOMENTUM TO GO TO THE OTHER,
BIGGER STATES."
THE 2020 NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY
WILL IS ON FEBRUARY 11TH.
IN MANCHESTER NH TK 22NEWS.
