American Politics

Considering New Hampshire's "Stranglehold" on the First-In-The-Nation Primary

Considering New Hampshire's "Stranglehold" on the First-In-The-Nation Primary

Strangehold is a weekly podcast by New Hampshire Public Radio that is determined to grapple with the questions of why does a state with a population of 1.356 million people, 90 percent of who are white, always gets to vote first in the presidential election cycle? And is it fair for New Hampshire to continue its tradition of voting first when the state is not truly representative of the demography of the United States?