Despite a good economy, low unemployment, rising wages, all the things a good economy brings, New Hampshire voters went Democrat. They elected enough legislators to give the Democrats control of both houses and the executive council. Democrats claimed both US representative seats. Chris Sununu, the Republican governor survived with about a 5% margin over Democrat Molly Kelly. Kelly is mostly known for her desire to raise taxes, all kinds of taxes. I won the District 1 seat in the NH Senate, with no support from radio, TV, or print press. This happened partly due to placing yard signs all over the district, and partly due to my Democrat opponent's indictment on charges of domestic violence back in August.
Why did all the voters go Democrat despite excellent economy and a balanced state budget? All I can think of is a LOT of voters have been turned off by President Trump. Despite excellent numbers on the economy (GNP growth is up, unemployment is down, stock market is up, taxes are down) Trump's personal style is offensive to many.
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No its due in large measure to the million + spent by billionaires like Tom Steiger. This was specifically used to capture the college kids votes..kids who aren’t residents under the true sense of the word - but temporary visitors for but a short period of time.
Look at the maps - for this last election - the only parts of the state that have gone blue are all of the regions where the major universities are located..and the urban areas. All the rest of the state is solid red.
What constitutes “resident” - for voting purposes needs to be tightened up substantially or else this state will just become another blue blob amongst a sea of blue blobs.
Trump is not the problem - the rampant vote fraud and corruption is !
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