lire likes to be the first to pick candidates
New Hampshire ranks
44th in size when
compared with the other
states. Candidates can
easily travel from one end
of the state to the other in
a day and meet hundreds
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Candidates start campaigning early in New
Hampshire. In April of last spring, 11 months
before the February primary, a group of
Republicans met for a fund-raising dinner. They
were Harold Stassen (former governor of
The Republicans and Democrats will
pick their candidates in national
conventions to be held next summer.
Each state will send delegates to
these conventions.
Many states decide how their
delegates are going to vote at these
conventions by holding primaries.
A primary is an election in which
people vote for a candidate or vote for a
person to represent a candidate.
For many years, the first state to hold
a presidential primary has been New
Hampshire.
New Hampshire will hold its primary
in February of 1980.
In fact, the state has a law that says
the primary date will even be moved
forward if another state tries to hold its
primary first.
You will see a lot in the news about
how well the candidates do.
Minnesota who has run for president several
times), John Connally, Orrin Hatch (U.S. senator
from Utah, who represented Ronald Reagan),
Phil Crane, George Bush, John Anderson and
Bob Dole.
There are many more primaries
coming up. Some people think that how
New Hampshire votes influences other
primary elections.
Other people think that New
Hampshire is a good test of how strong
a candidate might be.
The voters of New Hampshire are not
more interested in politics than voters
in the rest of the country.
They just like to be first!
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