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The 1968 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on March 12, 1968, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1968 United States presidential election.
Kennedy began to plan for a nationwide campaign, [3] and in the informal New Hampshire vice-presidential primary, Kennedy defeated Hubert H. Humphrey in a landslide. [ 4 ] In July 1964, Johnson issued an official statement ruling out any cabinet member for the vice presidency. [ 5 ]
Running as an anti-war candidate in the New Hampshire primary, McCarthy hoped to pressure the Democrats into publicly opposing the Vietnam War. Since New Hampshire was the first presidential primary of 1968, McCarthy poured most of his limited resources into the state.
Opinion polls prior to the New Hampshire primary showed that McCarthy's support stood at only 10 to 20 percent. Although he did not win the contest, he stunned spectators of the race by winning a surprising 42.2 percent of the vote to Johnson's 49.4 percent. [29]
As Nixon narrowly eked out a victory over Humphrey nationally, New Hampshire's results in 1968 made the state about 7% more Republican than the national average. As of 2020, this is the most recent election in which New Hampshire was not the most Republican state in New England, as Nixon won Vermont by a slightly wider margin.
New Hampshire is a primary, which sees relatively high turnout. Whereas New Hampshire openly invites registered independents (or undeclared voters) to cast a ballot, Iowa’s caucuses have few non ...
NBC News spoke to hundreds of New Hampshire voters to understand how the state was thinking about 2024. Here are six big takeaways before Tuesday's primary.
Secretary of State Dave Scanlan is predicting Republican voter participation will outnumber that of Democrats by more than 230,000.