Elections
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Donald Trump’s “Holy War” on Taylor Swift: where do NH Gov candidates stand?
On Sunday night Taylor Swift’s boyfriend won the Super Bowl, an excruciating moment for Republicans across the nation. Why excruciating? Well, last week Republicans declared a “Holy War” on the iconic, history-making singer, all because she once encouraged young people to register to vote. The right then whipped up countless conspiracy theories of a deep-state…
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NH Attorney General points blame for deepfaked Biden robocall to Texas company
NH Attorney General John Formella said a Texas company named “Life Corporation,” run by Walter Monk, was responsible for a robocall featuring an AI-generated voice of President Joe Biden that discouraged people from voting in January’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary.
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NH House Republicans double down on discrimination against trans Granite Staters
On Thursday House Republicans blocked a vote to reconsider HB 396, a bill that would give license to schools and other organizations across New Hampshire to prohibit transgender people from using restroom facilities or competing in sports based on their gender identity.
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We talked to Dartmouth students as they watched NH primary results come in
Studies show young people could be a force in the 2024 presidential election. CIRCLE, or the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, found Gen Z, ages 18 to 26, will make up over 40 million potential voters— about one fifth of the American electorate. Around 8 million people have also newly…
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Write-in win shows huge enthusiasm for Biden in NH as Trump wraps up primary
Democrats celebrated a major win for incumbent President Joe Biden in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary while Republicans effectively ended their party’s contest Tuesday night amid one of the most unusual election contests ever seen in the Granite State. In total, Biden won nearly 70% of the vote in the state. President Biden weighed in on…
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Meet the Dartmouth College students supporting Biden’s write-in campaign
Herzog got the cards from Claremont resident Stephanie Harris, who designed them herself with a local printer. One side shows a copy of a blank ballot and the other side gives step-by-step instructions on how to write in Biden’s name. Harris is part of a grassroots campaign of hundreds of people organizing a write-in campaign…
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Op-ed: Join me, Write in Joe Biden
In a matter of hours, our first-in-the-nation primary will be over. The ads on TV, in newspapers, and our mailboxes will stop. How will you celebrate the First-in-the-Nation Primary on Tuesday? Like many Granite Staters, I will be going to the polls on Tuesday, January 23. I will be fulfilling my civic responsibility and exercising…
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Op-ed: Young People Cannot Afford to Sit this Election Out
For much of our voting lives it has seemed that every election our democracy itself has been on the ballot. In 2016, we saw what happened when too many people stayed home and Donald Trump was elected President; in 2020, we saw that when young people mobilize and turn out to vote, we can build…
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Biden Write-In sees swell of enthusiasm in final days before first-in-the-nation primary
Enthusiasm for the campaign to write in President Joe Biden on the ballot seems to be surging in New Hampshire ahead of the Jan. 23 primary with big names and big events.
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Everything you need to know to vote in the 2024 New Hampshire primary
New Hampshire residents will have the opportunity to vote in the primary on Tuesday, Jan. 23, for who they want to see on the ballot for president come November. The primaries help states and political parties choose presidential nominees before the general election, and this year promises to be an interesting one. Have questions about…
