New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Hampshire Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.             1,320,718
Total Registration, Nov. 6, 2012                                        905,957 (includes 99,299 Election Day registrations)
Rep. 273,675 (30.21%)   Dem. 250,358 (27.63%)   Undecl. 381,924 (42.16%)
New Hampshire has: 10 counties.
Largest counties: Hillsborough, Rockingham, Merrimack, Strafford, Grafton. >
Largest cities: Manchester, Nashua, Concord.

Government
Governor: John Lynch (D) re-elected 2010. did not seek re-election Exec. Council: >
State Legislature: New Hampshire General Court House: 400 seats Senate: 24 seats
Local: Cities and Towns NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R - 1. F.Guinta (R) | 2. C.Bass (R).
U.S. Senate: Jeanne Shaheen (D) elected in 2008, Kelly Ayotte (R) elected 2010.

2012
Governor: Gov. John Lynch (D) announced on Sept. 15, 2011 that he would not seek re-election. Former State Sen. Majority Leader Maggie Hassan (D) defeated attorney Ovide Lamontagne (R), who has run in several statewide races, and frequent candidate John Babiarz (L) by 54.61% to 42.52% and 2.77%.
U.S. House: In both districts there were rematches of the 2010 races, and in both districts the Democrat prevailed. In the 1st CD, former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D) defeated Rep. Frank Guinta (R) by 171,650 votes (49.75%) to 158,659 (45.99%) and 14,521 (4.21%) for Brendan Kelly (L). In the 2nd CD, Ann McLane Kuster (D), who had lost by 3,551 votes in 2010, defeated Rep. Charlie Bass (R) by 169,275 to 152,977 and 14,936 for Hardy Macia (L). The balance goes from 2R, 0D to 2D, 0R. Including the two U.S. Senators, New Hampshire becomes the first state with an all female congressional delegation.
State Legislature: Republicans controlled both chambers of the General Court (House 288R 102D, 10v acc. NCSL or 293R, 103D, 2I, 2v according to Ballotpedia and Senate 19R, 5D). All seats were up. Democrats achieved dramatic gains, taking control of the House 221D, 179R and narrowing the margin in the Senate to 13R, 11D.
Ballot Measures: Voters weighed in on three ballot questions. The New Hampshire Income Tax Amendment, a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment which would have placed a ban on personal income taxes in the state constitution, failed to achieve the two-thirds support required; the vote was 57.1% to 42.9%.

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The Granite State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,013,741.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 70.9%.

718,700 total ballots were cast of which 88,014 (12.2%) were absentee.

Official Results >
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)	329,918	(46.40)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)	369,561	(51.98)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)	8,212	(1.16)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)	708	(0.10)
Ron Paul (w/in)	1,374	(0.19)
Jill Stein (w/in)	324	(0.04)
scatter	875	(0.12)
Total........710,972

Overview: Both candidates were well known to New Hampshire voters. in particular, former Gov. Mitt Romney could count the Granite State as one of his home states; he owns a home on Lake Winipesaukee, had waged two primary campaigns here, and served as governor of neighboring Massachusetts. When the votes were counted Obama/Biden prevailed with a plurality of 39,643 votes (5.58 percentage points). Obama carried seven counties to three for Romney (Rockingham, Belknap and Carroll).
General Election Details
Obama | Romney
BALLOT [PDF]

[State Primary: September 11, 2012]

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Registration (Jan. 10, 2012): Rep. 259,968 (32.86%) Dem. 226,720 (28.65%) Undecl. 304,561 (38.49%) ...Total: 791,249 (includes 24,963 Election Day registrations)

Main New Hampshire Primary Page

Democrats

With all the attention focused on the Republicans, the Democratic primary was a quiet affair. Obama won with 49,080 votes. His closest competitors were Republican write-ins Paul (2,289), Romney (1,815), and Huntsman (1,238).

Republicans
12 delegates (penalized 12 delegates because process violates RNC rules).
0.52% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Official Results

Michele Bachmann
350

0.14%

Newt Gingrich

23,421

9.43%

Jon Huntsman

41,964

16.89%

Fred Karger

345

0.14%

Ron Paul

56,872

22.89%

Rick Perry
1,764
0.71%

Buddy Roemer
950
0.38%

+Mitt Romney 97,591

39.24%

Rick Santorum

23,432

9.43%

More Republicans (21)
1,237

0.50%

Obama
285

0.11%

Scatter
264

0.09%

Total
248,475

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 997,247.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 71.3%.

719,403 total ballots cast of which 72,264 (10.0%) were absentee.

Registration: Rep. 280,507 (29.27%) Dem. 282,421 (29.46%) Undecl. 395,600 (41.27%) ...Total 958,528 (includes 76,755 Election Day registrations)

Official Results >
McCain/Palin (Rep.)	316,534	(44.52)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)	384,826	(54.13)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)	3,503	(0.49)
Phillies/Bennett (Lib.)	531	(0.07)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	2,217	(0.31)
Write Ins	3,359	(0.47)
Total........710,970

Write Ins: Baldwin 226, BClinton 13, HClinton 1,124, Huckabee 61, McKinney 40, Palin 18, Paul 1,092, Romney 112, Others 673.

2008 Overview
By Nov. 2008 Democrats had obtained a slight voter registration edge over Republicans. Both the major candidates were certainly well known to New Hampshire voters. Noteworthy among the visits were Obama's June 27 unity rally with Hillary Clinton in Unity and McCain's sentimental town hall meeting in Peterborough on Nov. 2. Obama/Biden prevailed with a plurality of 68,292 votes (9.61 percentage points), carrying all 10 counties.
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population*: 956,422.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 70.9%.

686,089 total ballots cast of which 62,059 (9.0%) were absentee.

Registration: Rep. 266,770 (31.17%) Dem. 228,766 (26.73%) Undecl. 360,325 (42.10%) ...Total 855,861 (includes 94,431 Election Day registrations).

Official Results
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	331,237	(48.88)
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	340,511	(50.25)
Nader/Camejo (Ind.)	4,479	(0.66)
Write Ins	1,435	(0.21)
Total........677,662

Write Ins: McCain 357, Badnarik 372, Peroutka 161, Dean 42, WPowell 14, WClark 14, Kucinich 8, Edwards 5, Scatter 538.

2004 Overview
New Hampshire was one of the much-watched battleground states. It was the only state to flip from red to blue, as Kerry gained a plurality of 9,274 votes (1.37 percentage points) over Bush. Kerry finished ahead in six counties (Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford, and Sullivan) to Bush's four (Belknap, Carroll, Hillsborough, and Rockingham). (detailed results)
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04
General Election Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 890,622.

VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 63.9%.

578,656 total ballots cast of which 45,225 (7.8%) were absentee.

Registration: Rep. 301,844 (35.2%) Dem. 224,295 (26.2%) Undecl. 328,556 (38.4%) ...Total 854,695 (includes 65,428 Election Day registrations).

Official Results
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	273,559	(48.07)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	266,348	(46.80)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,757	(0.48)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	22,198	(3.90)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	328	(0.05)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)	2,615	(0.46)
Misc. Write Ins	1,276	(0.22)
Total........569,081

2000 Overview
Gov. Bush was thumped by Sen. McCain in the Feb. 1 New Hampshire Republican primary, but he rebounded in the Nov. general election, carrying this battleground state with a plurality of 7,211 votes (1.27 percentage points). Bush won 6 of the state's 10 counties. In the most populous county, Hillsborough (includes Manchester), Bush finished 3,024 votes ahead of Gore. Gore fared best in Cheshire county (Keene) and Strafford county (Rochester and Dover) and narrowly won Merrimack and Grafton counties. Nader's 22,198 vote showing may have tipped the balance to Bush.
General Election Activities

1992 and 1996 General Elections

Archive Pages: 2008 | 2004 | 2000

1992

Clinton (Dem.)...........209,040	(38.86)
Bush (Rep.)...............202,484	(37.64)
Perot (Ind.)................121,337	(22.56)
Others (3+w/ins)...........5,084	(0.95)
Total........537,945

1996

Clinton (Dem.)...........246,214	(49.32)
Dole (Rep.)................196,532	(39.37)
Perot (Ref.).................48,390	(9.69)
Others (2+w/ins)............8,039	(1.61)
Total........499,175