The Democratic National Committee ruled that the New Hampshire election effectively won’t count and the winner won’t amass New Hampshire’s 23 delegates in the march to the party’s nomination.

Some New Hampshire Democrats are definitely upset.

In 2020, Biden finished a disappointing fifth in a crowded Democratic primary that saw some 300,000 votes cast. State officials expect less than 100,000 votes this year.

  • LilB0kChoy
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    11 months ago

    Aren’t they holding the primary in NH still?

    The article seems a little confusing but my takeaway was that Biden opted not to be put on the ballot but it’s expected he’ll still win through a write-in campaign.

    I don’t think there’s another Democratic candidate who has a more likely chance of winning the general election.

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      11 months ago

      There’s a state law that requires the Secretary of State to schedule the primaries before any other state’s primaries. The state law is in conflict with the national party committee’s policy, but ultimately the party who gets to decide who to seat at the convention. It doesn’t matter too much this year with an incumbent president, but things will come to a head next election cycle.

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        11 months ago

        So the national party committee wants the NH primary to be scheduled later, which is in conflict with the state law, am I understanding that correctly?

        Because of the above the national committee is stating they won’t consider their voting results and because of this the NH primary effectively doesn’t matter?

        If that’s the case then that is some bullshit.

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          11 months ago

          Yeah, that’s it in a nutshell, it’s another states rights vs national primacy debate, it’s just the DNC instead of the federal government this time.

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      11 months ago

      That’s likely what will happen and the DNC would be stupid not to accept the will of NH’s voters. The interesting part is that NH independents can vote in either primary. So many (myself included) are considering voting in the republican primary to take votes away from trump.