New Hampshire, And What it Means

This month has been the start of the Primaries, and there has been a lot of important political happenings in the past two weeks. The primaries have been full of tense issues, and surprise wins and loses for a variety of candidates. These upcoming elections will help determine who will ultimately become the presidential candidate for the democratic party. I do feel that it is important to watch the race since it could provide more insight to the candidates than the debate did.

 The Iowa Caucus, the most important of the primaries and caucuses, was the first of the season and there were many issues with how votes were counted. The most notable thing to come out of the Iowa caucus was the failure of the app they used to calculate the votes. Furthermore, the app that was being used funded Pete Buttigieg’s campaign which raised many concerns on whether or not the app was rigged to support Buttigieg’s campaign. It also didn’t help that the results took a week to be released. There was a lot of speculation surrounding why the results were released so late, but it seems that it was just due to the app failing. The results of the first caucuses were also peculiar since Bernie Sanders and Buttigieg were almost tied for the results. It doesn’t help Buttigieg that people are suspicious  of his win due to his close involvement with the app. The results also showed how weak of candidate that Biden is and that Warren is falling in the polls after her awful performance in the last debate. 

This past week we had the New Hampshire Primaries, which was poised to be the new Iowa due to all of the complications of the first round. Candidates were eager to perform well here since it would be a good indicator for how likely they were to get the nomination. The winner of New Hampshire was unsurprisingly Bernie Sanders, since he did spend a lot of time and money in the state to cultivate a strong following. What was surprising was how well Bloomburg did, since he joined the race last minute. Bloomburg is the only person funding his campaign since he’s a billionaire, and it is concerning that a person can buy their way into an election especially in such a short time frame. Another notable result, was how poorly Biden continues to do. He had originally been set up as the ultimate democratic candidate, but he has been faltering at every turn. This week alone he decided to insult his own voter on national television, which definitely further alienated him from his audience.

It’s also interesting to note that Yang had dropped out of the race after the primaries. All other candidates are no doubt trying to win over his previous base, but it won’t be official till Yang says something, or till the next vote. Yang dropping out at this point is also strange and it has left people curious to see if there was any explicit motive to do so. One thing is clear though, the race is constantly changing and there is no clear answer for who will win at this moment.