User talk:Aholsey

New Hampshire Primary Election 2012 The United Sates primary election season always begins in New Hampshire. New Hampshire is an independent state that does not directly vote for just one particular party. New Hampshire is a swing state it can go either way, therefore New Hampshire is considered the state that sets the gauge. The election is held on the second Tuesday in March, and in order to participate in the primary the candidates has to file a declaration of candidacy with the secretary of state in New Hampshire and pay a fee of a $1000.00. There are seven candidates running in 2012 New Hampshire Primary: Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Buddy Roemer, and Rick Perry. As a result in the primary Mitt Romney won with 97,532 votes 39.3% – 5 delegates. The President of the United States: Barak Obama would be the only candidate running for the democratic presidency. In New Hampshire there are ten counties. This is a Republican primary election however anyone can register to vote. Citizens were allowed to register at the polling place. However if you are a democrat you can vote claiming that you are undeclared, and then vote as a republican and then return to undeclared status before leaving the polls. As a result there was a total of 224,231 resident of New Hampshire who came out and voted in the Primary Election in 2012. aholsey 11:29, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Work Cited "2012 New Hampshire Primary." 2012 New Hampshire Primary. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. http://2012newhampshireprimary.com/. United States. Welcome to the Secretary of State. New Hampshire, 10 Jan. 2012. Web. 12 Mar. 2012. http://www.sos.nh.gov/.