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Presidential election in New Hampshire, 2020
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2020 presidential election  |
Democratic primary: February 11, 2020 |
Republican primary: February 11, 2020 |
Electoral College: 4 votes |
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election in New Hampshire on November 3, 2020. Biden won the presidential election with 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's (R) 232 electoral votes.
The Democratic and Republican parties held primary elections on February 11, 2020. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won the Democratic primary with approximately 26% of the vote. Sanders and second-place finisher, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg, were each projected to win 9 pledged delegates. Sen. Amy Klobuchar came in third with a projected 6 pledged delegates. Trump won the Republican primary with 86% of the vote.[1]
New Hampshire has held "first in the nation" status for presidential primary elections since 1920, at which time voters elected unpledged delegates to the national conventions. In 1952, the state began electing pledged delegates in primary elections.[2]
New Hampshire law states, "The presidential primary election shall be held on the second Tuesday in March or on a date selected by the secretary of state which is 7 days or more immediately preceding the date on which any other state shall hold a similar election, whichever is earlier." "Similar election" refers to primary elections as opposed to caucuses.[3]
New Hampshire favored Democratic presidential candidates in the four elections between 2004 and 2016. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 46.8 percent of the vote in New Hampshire to Trump's 46.5 percent.
This page includes the following sections:
- Candidates and election results
- Polls in New Hampshire
- Pivot Counties in New Hampshire
- PredictIt markets in New Hampshire
- Campaign events in New Hampshire
- Government response to coronavirus pandemic in New Hampshire
- Democratic primary
- Republican primary
- Candidate filing requirements
- Historical election trends
- Presidential election by state
Candidates and election results
General election
Presidential election in New Hampshire, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
||
| ✔ |
 
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
52.7
|
424,937 | 4 |
 
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
45.4
|
365,660 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
1.6
|
13,236 | 0 | |
| Other write-in votes |
0.3
|
2,372 | 0 | ||
 |
Total votes: 806,205 |
Primary election
New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary on February 11, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
 | Bernie Sanders |
25.6
|
76,384 | 9 |
 | Pete Buttigieg |
24.3
|
72,454 | 9 |
 | Amy Klobuchar |
19.7
|
58,714 | 6 |
 | Elizabeth Warren |
9.2
|
27,429 | 0 |
|
| Joe Biden |
8.4
|
24,944 | 0 |
 | Thomas Steyer |
3.6
|
10,732 | 0 |
 | Tulsi Gabbard |
3.3
|
9,755 | 0 |
 | Andrew Yang |
2.8
|
8,312 | 0 |
 | Deval Patrick |
0.4
|
1,271 | 0 |
 | Michael Bennet |
0.3
|
952 | 0 |
 | Cory Booker |
0.1
|
157 | 0 |
 | Joe Sestak |
0.1
|
152 | 0 |
|
| Kamala D. Harris |
0.0
|
129 | 0 |
 | Marianne Williamson |
0.0
|
99 | 0 |
 | Steve Burke |
0.0
|
86 | 0 |
 | Julián Castro |
0.0
|
83 | 0 |
 | John Delaney |
0.0
|
83 | 0 |
 | Steve Bullock |
0.0
|
64 | 0 |
|
| Tom Koos |
0.0
|
64 | 0 |
 | David John Thistle |
0.0
|
53 | 0 |
|
| Lorenz Kraus |
0.0
|
52 | 0 |
|
| Robert Carr Wells Jr. |
0.0
|
45 | 0 |
|
| Henry Hewes |
0.0
|
43 | 0 |
 | Sam Sloan |
0.0
|
34 | 0 |
|
| Mosemarie Boyd |
0.0
|
32 | 0 |
|
| Ben Gleiberman |
0.0
|
31 | 0 |
 | Mark Stewart Greenstein |
0.0
|
31 | 0 |
|
| Thomas Torgesen |
0.0
|
30 | 0 |
|
| Rita Krichevsky |
0.0
|
23 | 0 |
|
| Michael Ellinger |
0.0
|
19 | 0 |
|
| Jason E. Dunlap |
0.0
|
12 | 0 |
 | Roque De La Fuente III |
0.0
|
11 | 0 |
|
| Raymond Moroz |
0.0
|
8 | 0 |
| Other |
2.0
|
6,081 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 298,369 • Total pledged delegates: 24 |
New Hampshire Republican presidential primary on February 11, 2020
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
Pledged delegates |
|
|
| Donald Trump |
84.4
|
129,734 | 22 |
 | Bill Weld |
9.0
|
13,844 | 0 |
 | Mary Maxwell |
0.6
|
929 | 0 |
 | Joe Walsh |
0.5
|
838 | 0 |
|
| Eric Merrill |
0.3
|
524 | 0 |
|
| William Murphy |
0.3
|
447 | 0 |
 | Matthew Matern |
0.2
|
268 | 0 |
|
| Stephen Bradley Comley Sr. |
0.1
|
202 | 0 |
 | Roque De La Fuente |
0.1
|
148 | 0 |
|
| Rick Kraft |
0.1
|
109 | 0 |
|
| Juan Payne |
0.1
|
83 | 0 |
 | Robert Ardini |
0.1
|
77 | 0 |
 | President Boddie |
0.0
|
72 | 0 |
 | Bob Ely |
0.0
|
68 | 0 |
|
| Star Locke |
0.0
|
66 | 0 |
|
| Lawrence Horn |
0.0
|
65 | 0 |
 | Zoltan Gyurko Istvan |
0.0
|
56 | 0 |
| Other |
4.0
|
6,181 | 0 | |
|
Total votes: 153,711 • Total pledged delegates: 22 |
Polls in New Hampshire
Pivot Counties in New Hampshire
Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide Ballotpedia identified as having voted for Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Media and political observers sometimes refer to these counties as swing counties.
Ballotpedia defines Pivot Counties Trump won in 2020 as Retained Pivot Counties and those Joe Biden (D) won as Boomerang Pivot Counties.
Trump won 181 Retained Pivot Counties across 32 states to Biden's 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties across 16 states. Trump's median margin of victory was 13.2 percentage points in those 181 counties, while Biden's median margin of victory was 3.4 percentage points among the 25 he won.[4][5]
In 2020, New Hampshire had one Retained Pivot County, two Boomerang Pivot Counties, four solid Democratic counties, one solid Republican county, and one county with a different voting pattern.
Biden received 52.7% of the vote to Trump's 45.4%, expanding the Democratic margin to 7.0 percentage points. Biden increased the Democratic margin in all county categories, the largest being a 7.8 percentage point change in the two counties with voting patterns different from Solid and Pivot Counties: Carroll and Rockingham. Both counties voted for Obama in 2008, Romney and Trump in 2012 and 2016, and Biden in 2020.
Biden increased the Democratic vote share in Boomerang Pivot Counties from 46.4% in 2016 to 52.6% in 2020, his largest such increase in the state. Trump increased his vote share in Retained Pivot Counties by 1.2 percentage points. His vote share in all other county categories decreased in 2020.
The table below compares margins in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. Percentages show the share of the vote received by a candidate. Margins and changes are shown as changes in percentage points. The overall winner of a given category can be found under the "2020" data. The "Percentage point change" section shows changes in vote share and in margins. Figures were calculated by combining the vote totals across all counties of a given category and may not equal 100% due to rounding. Click [show] beneath the table to view vote totals.
| New Hampshire presidential election results by county category, 2016-2020 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | # | 2016 | 2020 | Percentage point change | |||||||||
| Clinton | Trump | Third party | Margin | Biden | Trump | Third party | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Third party | Margin | ||
| Retained | 1 | 42.0% | 50.9% | 7.1% | R+8.9 | 46.2% | 52.1% | 1.7% | R+5.9 | +4.2 | +1.2 | -5.4 | D+3.0 |
| Boomerang | 2 | 46.4% | 46.8% | 6.9% | R+0.4 | 52.6% | 45.3% | 2.0% | D+7.3 | +6.2 | -1.4 | -4.8 | D+7.7 |
| Solid Dem. | 4 | 51.1% | 41.8% | 7.1% | D+9.4 | 56.8% | 41.2% | 2.1% | D+15.6 | +5.6 | -0.6 | -5.0 | D+6.2 |
| Solid Repub. | 1 | 38.6% | 55.1% | 6.3% | R+16.5 | 43.9% | 54.3% | 1.8% | R+10.4 | +5.3 | -0.8 | -4.5 | D+6.1 |
| Other | 2 | 44.1% | 49.8% | 6.2% | R+5.7 | 50.2% | 48.1% | 1.7% | D+2.0 | +6.1 | -1.6 | -4.5 | D+7.8 |
| All | 10 | 46.8% | 46.5% | 6.7% | D+0.4 | 52.7% | 45.4% | 1.9% | D+7.4 | +5.9 | -1.1 | -4.8 | D+7.0 |
| New Hampshire presidential election vote totals by county category, 2016-2020 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | # | 2016 | 2020 | Change | |||||||||
| Clinton | Trump | Third party | Margin | Biden | Trump | Third party | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Third party | Margin | ||
| Retained | 1 | 6,563 | 7,952 | 1,112 | R+1,389 | 7,640 | 8,617 | 287 | R+977 | +1,077 | +665 | -825 | D+412 |
| Boomerang | 2 | 109,799 | 110,809 | 16,232 | R+1,010 | 134,734 | 116,133 | 5,236 | D+18,601 | +24,935 | +5,324 | -10,996 | D+19,611 |
| Solid Dem. | 4 | 125,666 | 102,632 | 17,436 | D+23,034 | 148,940 | 107,997 | 5,480 | D+40,943 | +23,274 | +5,365 | -11,956 | D+17,909 |
| Solid Repub. | 1 | 13,517 | 19,315 | 2,213 | R+5,798 | 16,894 | 20,899 | 686 | R+4,005 | +3,377 | +1,584 | -1,527 | D+1,793 |
| Other | 2 | 92981 | 105082 | 12987 | R+12,101 | 116713 | 112008 | 3918 | D+4,705 | +23,732 | +6,926 | -9,069 | D+16,806 |
| All | 10 | 348,526 | 345,790 | 49,980 | D+2,736 | 424,921 | 365,654 | 15,607 | D+59,267 | +76,395 | +19,864 | -34,373 | D+56,531 |
The two Boomerang Pivot Counties—Hillsborough and Sullivan—made up 32.6% of Biden's new votes. Trump received his largest share of new votes—34.9%—from the two counties with different voting patterns mentioned above.
Solid Democratic counties accounted for 35.1% of Biden's total statewide vote. Trump received the largest share of his total statewide vote from the two Boomerang Pivot Counties at 31.8%.
The table below shows how much of a candidate's vote total came from a particular county category. Data under "New votes, 2020" shows the percentage of a candidate's new votes by county category compared to 2016 vote totals.
| Percentage of votes by county category in New Hampshire's 2016 and 2020 presidential elections | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | # | 2016 | 2020 | New votes, 2020 | ||||||
| Clinton | Trump | Biden | Trump | Democratic votes |
Republican votes | |||||
| Total votes | 10 | 348,526 | 345,790 | 424,921 | 365,654 | +76,395 | +19,864 | |||
| Retained | 1 | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 1.4% | 3.3% | |||
| Boomerang | 2 | 31.5% | 32.0% | 31.7% | 31.8% | 32.6% | 26.8% | |||
| Solid Dem. | 4 | 36.1% | 29.7% | 35.1% | 29.5% | 30.5% | 27.0% | |||
| Solid Repub. | 1 | 3.9% | 5.6% | 4.0% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 8.0% | |||
| Other | 2 | 26.7% | 30.4% | 27.5% | 30.6% | 31.1% | 34.9% | |||
PredictIt market in New Hampshire
What is a PredictIt market?
PredictIt is an online political futures market in which users purchase shares relating to the outcome of political events using real money. Each event, such as an election, has a number of contracts associated with it, each correlating to a different outcome. For instance, an election contested between four candidates would be represented by eight separate contracts, with each contract correlating to a particular candidate winning or losing the election.
The price of a share in each individual contract rises and falls based on market demand. Once the event's outcome is decided, holders of shares that correlate with the correct outcome receive a $1 payout for each share they held.
For example, a user buys 10 shares at 20 cents each in a presidential primary saying Candidate A will win. If Candidate A wins the election, the user earns $10. If the candidate loses, the user earns no money and loses his original $2 investment.
Why do PredictIt markets matter?
Services such as PredictIt are being used to gain insight into the likely outcome of elections. Microsoft Research economist David Rothschild argues that they are better suited to the task than polls: "I can create a poll that can mimic everything about a prediction market...except markets have a way of incentivizing you to come back at 2 a.m. and update your answer."[6][7][8]
Campaign events in New Hampshire
This section features clips of Biden and Trump at presidential campaign events in New Hampshire during the 2020 general election.
Biden in New Hampshire
Biden did not campaign in New Hampshire during the general election.[9]
Trump in New Hampshire
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Summary of changes to election dates and procedures
New Hampshire modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:
- Absentee/mail-in voting: Any voter could request an absentee ballot based on concerns related to COVID-19. Voters could submit one absentee ballot application for both the primary and general elections.
- Candidate filing procedures: The nomination petition signature requirements for the Libertarian Party's candidates in New Hampshire's general election was reduced by 35 percent.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Frequently asked questions
The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. Our readers had questions about what to expect in elections at all levels of government, from the casting of ballots to the certification of final results. Ballotpedia's 2020 Election Help Desk was designed to answer those questions. Ballotpedia is in the process of compiling and answering frequently asked questions related to the 2020 elections. Questions related to this election will be available soon.
Additional resources
- Documenting New Hampshire's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
- Government responses to and political effects of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 (New Hampshire)
- School responses in New Hampshire to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 school year
- Debate in New Hampshire over responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
- Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
Democratic primary
- See also: Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) was formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee at the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 18, 2020.[10] The convention was originally scheduled to take place July 13-16, 2020.[11] Organizers postponed the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. In 2020, a Democratic presidential candidate needed support from 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination.
Polls
PredictIt market in New Hampshire
Historical overview
Republican primary
- See also: Republican presidential nomination, 2020
The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[12]
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.
George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[13]
Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.
Historical overview
Candidate filing requirements
The tables below detail filing requirements for presidential candidates in New Hampshire in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in New Hampshire, click here.
Presidential primary candidates
| Filing requirements for presidential primary candidates in New Hampshire, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Party | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| New Hampshire | Qualified political parties | N/A | N/A | $1,000.00 | Fixed by statute | 11/15/2019 | Source |
Independent presidential candidates
| Filing requirements for independent candidates in New Hampshire, 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Signatures required | Signature formula | Filing fee | Filing fee formula | Filing deadline | Source |
| New Hampshire | 3,000 | Fixed by statute | $250.00 | Fixed by statute | 9/2/2020[14] | Source |
Historical election results
2016
General election
| U.S. presidential election, New Hampshire, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic |  Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine |
46.8% | 348,526 | 4 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 46.5% | 345,790 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 4.1% | 30,777 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.9% | 6,496 | 0 | |
| American Delta | Roque De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg | 0.1% | 678 | 0 | |
| - | Write-in votes | 1.6% | 12,029 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 744,296 | 4 | |||
| Election results via: New Hampshire Secretary of State | |||||
Note: Write-in votes from New Hampshire can be found here.
Primary election
| New Hampshire Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Bernie Sanders |
61% | 152,193 | 15 | |
| Hillary Clinton | 38.2% | 95,355 | 9 | |
| Total Write-ins | 0.8% | 2,039 | 0 | |
| Totals | 249,587 | 24 | ||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
| New Hampshire Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
35.6% | 100,735 | 11 | |
| John Kasich | 15.9% | 44,932 | 4 | |
| Ted Cruz | 11.7% | 33,244 | 3 | |
| Jeb Bush | 11.1% | 31,341 | 3 | |
| Marco Rubio | 10.6% | 30,071 | 1 | |
| Chris Christie | 7.4% | 21,089 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 4.2% | 11,774 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.3% | 6,527 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul* | 0.7% | 1,930 | 0 | |
| Total Write-ins | 0.5% | 1,398 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 134 | 0 | |
| Totals | 283,175 | 22 | ||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
*Rand Paul dropped out of the race on February 3, 2016, but his name remained on the ballot in New Hampshire.[15]
2012
| U.S. presidential election, New Hampshire, 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden Incumbent |
52% | 369,561 | 4 | |
| Republican | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan | 46.4% | 329,918 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Jim Gray | 1.2% | 8,212 | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.3% | 2,249 | 0 | |
| Constitution Party | Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer | 0.2% | 1,156 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 711,096 | 4 | |||
| Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas | |||||
Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included: Jill Stein.[16]
2008
| U.S. presidential election, New Hampshire, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama/Joe Biden |
54.2% | 384,826 | 4 | |
| Republican | John McCain/Sarah Palin | 44.6% | 316,534 | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez | 0.5% | 3,503 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root | 0.3% | 2,217 | 0 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 0.3% | 2,001 | 0 | |
| N/A | Ron Paul | 0.2% | 1,092 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 710,173 | 4 | |||
| Election results via: U.S. Election Atlas | |||||
Other candidates that appeared on the ballot received less than 0.1% of the vote. Those candidates included: George Phillies, Charles Baldwin, and Cynthia McKinney.[17]
Presidential statewide margins of victory of 5 percentage points or fewer, 1948-2016
The following map shows the number of times, in presidential elections held between 1948 and 2016, that the margin of victory was 5 percentage points or fewer in each state.
- Wisconsin was the state with the most frequently narrow margins during this time period, appearing on the list in 10 presidential elections.
- Five states appeared eight times: Florida, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
- The state with the narrowest margin of victory was Florida in 2000 at 537 votes or one-hundredth of a percentage point.
Historical election trends
- See also: Presidential voting history by state
New Hampshire presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 14 Democratic wins
- 18 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | D | D |
- See also: Presidential election accuracy
Below is an analysis of New Hampshire's voting record in presidential elections. The state's accuracy is based on the number of times a state has voted for a winning presidential candidate. The majority of statistical data is from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and was compiled, here, by Ballotpedia, unless otherwise noted.
Presidential election voting record in New Hampshire, 1900-2016
Between 1900 and 2016:
- New Hampshire participated in 30 presidential elections.
- New Hampshire voted for the winning presidential candidate 80 percent of the time. The average accuracy of voting for winning presidential candidates for all 50 states in this time frame was 72.31 percent.[18]
- New Hampshire voted Democratic 40 percent of the time and Republican 60 percent of the time.
Presidential election voting record in New Hampshire, 2000-2016
- Accuracy: 60 percent[19]
- 2000 state winner: George W. Bush (R)*
- 2004 state winner: John Kerry (D)
- 2008 state winner: Barack Obama (D)*
- 2012 state winner: Barack Obama (D)*
- 2016 state winner: Hillary Clinton (D)
*An asterisk indicates that that candidate also won the national electoral vote in that election.
Turnout in Pivot Counties
The following table shows the number of voters who participated in the 2016 and 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in Pivot Counties in New Hampshire and the percentage change in raw voter turnout.[20][21][22]
- Across the three Pivot Counties in New Hampshire, Democratic turnout was up 18.6%. This was slightly more than the Democratic statewide turnout, which went up 18.8%.
- Across the three Pivot Counties in New Hampshire, Republican turnout was down 46.4%. This nearly matched the percentage change in the Republican statewide turnout, which was down 46.3%.
- Two Pivot Counties had increased Democratic turnout: Hillsborough and Sullivan counties. Sanders was the winner in both counties in both election years.
- With an incumbent in the race, all Pivot Counties in New Hampshire saw reduced Republican turnout.
| Turnout in New Hampshire Pivot Counties, 2016-2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pivot County |  2016 Democratic turnout
|
2020 Democratic turnout
|
Percentage change
|
 2016 Republican turnout
|
2020 Republican turnout
|
Percentage change
|
| Coos County, New Hampshire | 5,839 | 5,405 | -7.4% | 5,904 | 3,555 | -39.8% |
| Hillsborough County, New Hampshire | 69,197 | 84,903 | 22.7% | 84,063 | 44,452 | -47.1% |
| Sullivan County, New Hampshire | 8,647 | 8,926 | 3.2% | 8,385 | 4,749 | -43.4% |
| Pivot Total | 83,683 | 99,234 | 18.6% | 98,352 | 52,756 | -46.4% |
| Statewide Total | 253,062 | 298,537 | 18.0% | 285,917 | 153,654 | -46.3% |
State profile
- See also: New Hampshire and New Hampshire elections, 2019
Partisan data
The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019
Presidential voting pattern
- New Hampshire voted for the Democratic candidate in six out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Congressional delegation
- Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. Senators from New Hampshire were Democrats.
- Both of New Hampshire's U.S. Representatives were Democrats.
State executives
- Democrats held four and Republicans held four of New Hampshire's 18 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
- New Hampshire's governor was Republican Chris Sununu.
State legislature
- Democrats controlled the New Hampshire State Senate with a 14-10 majority.
- Democrats controlled the New Hampshire House of Representatives with a 233-167 majority.
New Hampshire Party Control: 1992-2025
Four years of Democratic trifectas • Fourteen years of Republican trifectas
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| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R |
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| Demographic data for New Hampshire | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 1,330,111 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 8,953 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 93.7% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 1.3% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.4% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 1.8% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 3.2% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 92.3% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 34.9% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $66,779 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 9.9% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in New Hampshire. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential election by state
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See also
- Presidential candidates, 2020
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2020
- Republican presidential nomination, 2020
- Presidential election by state, 2020
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "New Hampshire 2020 Primary: Live Results," February 11, 2020
- ↑ CQ Politics, "A History of U.S. Presidential Primaries: 1912-64," December 25, 2007
- ↑ [http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LXIII/653/653-9.htm The New Hampshire General Court, "TITLE LXIII ELECTIONS, CHAPTER 653," accessed June 18, 2019]
- ↑ This analysis does not include counties in Alaska and certain independent cities due to variations in vote total reporting.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑ Nature, "The power of prediction markets," October 18, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Meet the 'stock market' for politics," October 31, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Presidential General Election Results, "2008 Electoral Map Based on the Intrade Prediction Market," accessed January 25, 2018
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Campaign trail tracker: Where Trump, Biden and their running mates have traveled in presidential race’s final weeks," October 12, 2020
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "2020 DNC in Milwaukee pushed back to week of August 17 in response to coronavirus pandemic," April 2, 2020
- ↑ The New York Times, "Milwaukee Picked as Site of 2020 Democratic National Convention," March 11, 2019
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
- ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
- ↑ Deadline to submit nomination papers to towns or cities for signature verification: 8/5/2020
- ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul drops out of White House race," February 3, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2012 Presidential Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Election Atlas, "2008 Presidential Election Results," accessed December 29, 2014
- ↑ This average includes states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, which did not participate in all 30 presidential elections between 1900 and 2016. It does not include Washington, D.C., which cast votes for president for the first time in 1964, or Alaska and Hawaii, which cast votes for president for the first time in 1960.
- ↑ This number refers to the number of times that the state voted for the winning presidential candidate between 2000 and 2016.
- ↑ FEC, "Federal Elections 2016," accessed February 25, 2020
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2020 Presidential Primary Election Results," accessed February 25, 2020
- ↑ New Hampshire Secretary of State, "2016 Presidential Primary Election Results," accessed February 25, 2020
