New Hampshire

NEW HAMPSHIRE

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Hampshire Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.            1,299,500
Total Registration, Nov. 2, 2004                    855,861 (includes 94,431 Election Day registrations)
Rep. 266,770 (31.17%)   Dem. 228,766 (26.73%)   Undecl. 360,325 (42.10%)
New Hampshire has: 10 counties.
Five largest counties: Hillsborough, Rockingham, Merrimack, Strafford, Grafton.
Five largest cities: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Rochester.

Government
Governor: Craig Benson (R) elected Nov. 2002, defeated Nov. 2004.
State Legislature: New Hampshire General Court   House: 400 seats   Senate: 24 seats
Local: Cities and Towns   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R - 1. J.Bradley (R) | 2. C.Bass (R).
U.S. Senate: John Sununu (R) first elected in 2002, Judd Gregg (R) first elected 1992, re-elected in 2004.

The gubernatorial race proved to be a surprise as businessman John Lynch (D) ousted Gov. Craig Benson (R) winning with a plurality of more than 14,000 votes (339,927 to 325,514). Democrats were able to point to other gains as well. Republicans kept their lock on the congressional delegation and maintained comfortable majorities in both chambers of the state legislature.   Sen. Judd Gregg (R) coasted to a third term, gaining more than 66 percent of the vote to defeat activist "Granny D" Haddock (D).

The Granite State

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State

Libertarian Party of NH
NH Constitution Party
NH Democratic Party
NH Green Party
NH Republican State Comm.
Natural Law Party-NH
Reform Party of NH

The Union Leader
Concord Monitor
Media (Newsp.)
TV-NHPTV, WMUR

Politics1-NH
GraniteProf
PoliticsNH.com

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Unregistered voters may register and vote on Election Day and there were 94,431 Election Day Registrations.


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

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

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

(State Primary: September 14, 2004)

Past Results

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

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

2000

+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

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

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

Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Main NH Primary Page

Ballot access: Submit a Declaration of Candidacy and pay the $1,000.00 filing fee to New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner between November 3, 2003 and November 21, 2003.

Total Registration, Jan. 27, 2004: 714,119 (includes 26,890 Election Day Registrations)
Rep. 245,438 (34.37%) Dem. 199,731 (27.97%) Undecl. 268,950 (37.66%)
7,702 Undecl. voters declared Republican and voted on Primary Day.
95,634 Undecl. voters declared Democratic and voted on Primary Day.
80,735 of the 103,336 returned to Undecl. status before leaving the polling place.

Democrats
Participation: Open to all those registered on the voter checklist as Democrats or those registered on the voter checklist as independents who request a Democratic ballot.

ballot Presidential Preference Primary Results
Tuesday, January 27, 2004

The January 27, 2004 Presidential Preference Primary determines 14 district-level delegates (and 0 alternates).
On April 24, 2004 district-level delegates caucus and select:
-Add-on Unpledged: 1
-Pledged Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) delegates: 3
-At-large Delegates: 5 (and 4 at-large alternates)
allocated according to the statewide primary vote

Total

Percent

Wesley Clark
27,314

12.43%

Howard Dean
57,761

26.28%

John Edwards
26,487

12.05%

+John F. Kerry
84,377

38.39%

Dennis J. Kucinich
3,114

1.42%

Joe Lieberman
18,911

8.61%

Others (17+w/ins+Scatter)
1,802

0.82%

Total
219,766

Others: Bateman (68), Moseley Braun (81), Braun III (13), Carter (86), Crow (60), Dokka (42), Gephardt (419), Glover (11), Hamm (58), Killeen (31), LaRouche (90), Lee (15), Linnell (49), O'Donnell (79), Penna (8), Sharpton (347), Tablow (8), Rep. w/ins and Scatter (358)
details
27 Delegates (22 Pledged, 5 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates, >

NHDP Delegate Selection Plan.

Republicans
Participation: Open to all those registered on the voter checklist as Republicans or those registered on the voter checklist as independents who request a Republican ballot.

Presidential Preference Primary Results
Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Delegates allocated proportionally based on the results of the Presidential Preference Primary.

Total

Percent

George W. Bush
53,962

79.80%

Other Republicans (13)
4,597

6.80%

Democratic w/ins
8,088

11.96%

Scatter
973

1.44%

Total
67,620

Others: Ashby (264), Bosa (841), Buchanan (836), Callis (388), Gostigian (52), Haines (579), Harnes (87), Howard (239), Laughlin (154), O'Connor (77), Rigazio (803), Taylor (124), Wyatt (153); Dem. w/ins - Kerry (2,819), Dean (1,789), Clark (1,407), Edwards (1,088), Lieberman (914), Others (75) 32 Delegates (6 District level and 26 At-large) and 29 Alternates

2000 page, including primary information>>