Politics of New Hampshire

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. New Hampshire voters selected Republicans for office during the 19th and 20th centuries until 1992. Since then, voters have chosen Democrats for U.S. President all but once and, since 2006, have voted Democratic for most state offices. On selected issues, political debate in New Hampshire centers on personal liberty.New Hampshire has undergone a partisan shift since 1992. Historically, New Hampshire was staunchly conservative state and regularly voted Republican. Some sources trace the founding of the Republican Party to the town of Exeter in 1853. Prior to 1992, New Hampshire had only strayed from the Republican Party for three presidential candidates-Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. The state voted for Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan twice by overwhelming majorities.