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New Hampshire

Trump Notches Decisive Victory Against Historic Republican Field

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 10, 2016 | 2

The New York businessman laps the field in the first ever New Hampshire primary with five candidates in double-digits.

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Sanders Notches 2nd Biggest Democratic New Hampshire Primary Win in History

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 10, 2016 | 1

Only John Kennedy’s victory against the “Space Pen” inventor in 1960 was larger among the 13 contested Democratic primaries in Granite State history.

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Choices, Choices: Record Number of GOP Candidates in 2016 New Hampshire Primary

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 9, 2016 | 0

The 2016 field of nine active (non-fringe) Republican candidates edges the eight GOPers in 1996 who were still in the race at the time of the New Hampshire primary.

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Bellwether Counties in New Hampshire Presidential Primaries

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | February 8, 2016 | 2

Only one Granite State county has backed every GOP primary winner since 1952 with just two on the Democratic side.

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Big Seats to Fill: US Senate Seats Held by Presidents

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 28, 2016 | 0

Four current members of the U.S. Senate hold seats once occupied by two former presidents; three future presidents once served alongside each other in the chamber.

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The 10 Percent Solution: A Prescription for Surviving New Hampshire?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 20, 2016 | 1

Since 1972, only six of 35 losing New Hampshire primary candidates who received 10+ percent of the vote dropped out of the race within the next two weeks.

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The Seven Day Scramble

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 19, 2016 | 0

A full seven day gap between Iowa and New Hampshire has occurred in seven of the 12 presidential cycles since 1972.

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The Dirty Dozen: 12 States Never to Appear on Michelle Obama’s SOTU Guest List

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 12, 2016 | 1

More than 160 guests have appeared with the First Lady since the president’s first State of the Union speech in 2010, but none from 12 states.

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Win Big or Go Home? A Brief History of the New Hampshire Primary

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | January 4, 2016 | 1

Only three of 18 plurality winners of the New Hampshire primary went on to win the presidency compared to 18 of 26 who secured a majority.

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Will New Hampshire Split Its Vote in 2016?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | December 16, 2015 | 3

In only eight of 16 cycles over the last 100 years has a party run the table in Granite State Presidential, U.S. Senate, and gubernatorial races; Democrats have only pulled off this political hat trick once.

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