Secretary of state predicts 28% turnout for NH state primary

Published: Sep 09, 2024 Duration: 00:01:44 Category: News & Politics
Tags : manchester new hampshire voting voters state primary
Trending searches: nh primary 2024
'VE ALREADY HAD OVER 1100 BALLOTS CAST IN MANCHESTER. THE POLLS OPENED AT SIX. NORMALLY THERE IS A BIG PUSH AS PEOPLE RUSH TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS BEFORE HEADING OFF TO WORK. BUT TODAY, INSTEAD OF A FLOOD OF VOTERS, IT WAS MORE OF A TRICKLE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS EXPECTING ABOUT 250,000 PEOPLE TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY. IN SALEM, THE POLLS OPENED AT SEVEN. WE HAD A SMALL LINE ABOUT TEN VOTERS, SO IT WAS PRETTY SLOW. IN THE FIRST HOUR, WE HAD 55 VOTERS. SO AT THAT PACE, WE WILL ONLY SEE ABOUT 600 ALL DAY LONG. THAT TRANSLATES INTO ABOUT 25% OF THE VOTERS IN THE WARD BELOW WHAT HE WAS EXPECTING. IT'S A LITTLE SURPRISING BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTESTED RACES ON BOTH SIDES. WE DON'T HAVE A WE DON'T HAVE AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR OR ANYTHING. SO I KIND OF THOUGHT WE WOULD BE A LITTLE BUSIER THAN WE ARE. AND WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, YOU CAN'T BLAME THE WEATHER TODAY. AS FOR THOSE THAT DID TURN OUT THE REASONS VARY. MINE IS THE BORDER. THE INFLATION AND WORRYING ABOUT THE ELDERLY PEOPLE BECAUSE WITH THE WAY THE COSTS ARE NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY WERE AFFORDING US. THERESA POTVIN BELIEVES THE COUNTRY IS HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO LET SOMETHING LIKE A RECENT SURGERY KEEP HER FROM THE POLLS. I HAD SPINE SURGERY AND I AM DEVOTED TO VOTING TODAY, SO NOTHING STOPS ME. OTHERS, THOUGH, THINK AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO THE STATE, THEY WOULD LIKE MORE OF THE SAME. I LIKEKE THE WAY SUNUNU HAS BEEN RUNNING AND WHOEVER I JUST VOTED NOW FOR SOMEONE TO CONTINUE WHAT SHE'S BEEN DOING OR WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING. HERE IN WARD ONE, THEY ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER BIG PUSH. ONCE PEOPLE GET OUT OF WORK, BUT ALREADY THEY'VE HAD OVER 20% OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS IN THIS WARD CAST THEIR BALLOTS. REPO

Share your thoughts

Related Transcripts

Mark Levin: This is the biggest scam in American electoral history! thumbnail
Mark Levin: This is the biggest scam in American electoral history!

Category: News & Politics

Mark: hello america i'm mark levin this is "life, liberty & levin" saturday glad you're here we have a great show victor davis hanson steve moore before we get to our wonderful guests, you know, let's cut to the chase you hear all of this -- analysis on the debate and analysis about what's going on.... Read more

Piscataqua River Bridge on I-95 re-opened after police respond to incident thumbnail
Piscataqua River Bridge on I-95 re-opened after police respond to incident

Category: News & Politics

It is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. the piscataquog river bridge on i 95 is back open after a officers were originally called to the bridge of 6:30 a.m. for an incident involving a new hampshire resident and shut down the bridge for almost three Read more

2024 New Hampshire 2nd District Democrats debate: Climate budgets thumbnail
2024 New Hampshire 2nd District Democrats debate: Climate budgets

Category: News & Politics

To the voters of new hampshire across political parties. next question from steve bottari. new hampshire is set to receive more than $1.6 million to fund climate related projects around the state. many of your fellow democrats want even more aggressive government spending when it comes to climate change... Read more

Derry state rep. settles with drag queens in defamation case thumbnail
Derry state rep. settles with drag queens in defamation case

Category: News & Politics

Now from manchester. so, isabel, what are they saying about this settlement? so it's been a two year long court battle for robert champion and michael mcmahon. they've been trying to clear their name after they say that derry representative, david love, made serious false claims about them in public.... Read more

Some New Hampshire towns to spray for mosquitos, cancel outdoor activities following EEE death thumbnail
Some New Hampshire towns to spray for mosquitos, cancel outdoor activities following EEE death

Category: News & Politics

Else from getting sick. well, we can see here in hampstead the town is really doubling down on their efforts to prevent more cases of triple e from popping up by closing one of the more popular fields to spray it for mosquitoes. just 5% go on to develop fever or chills or some neurological symptoms.... Read more

2024 New Hampshire 2nd District Republicans debate: Any policy opinion different than Trump? thumbnail
2024 New Hampshire 2nd District Republicans debate: Any policy opinion different than Trump?

Category: News & Politics

Id. we need to pass this voter id law. all right. next question from steve bottari. we're going to have 32nd answers for this one candidate. granite staters are notoriously independent. what's a specific policy you disagree with president trump on and why? mr. williams, to you first? well, and i agree,... Read more

2024 debate between New Hampshire GOP candidates for governor: Immigration and Northern Border Al... thumbnail
2024 debate between New Hampshire GOP candidates for governor: Immigration and Northern Border Al...

Category: News & Politics

Address that. okay. let's have a question from arielle. and you can fit it in there. last october, governor sununu formed the northern border alliance task force to conduct added patrols along the northern border at a cost of $1.4 million. but u.s. customs and border protection data shows that there... Read more

Man finds lost wedding ring on Hampton Beach and drives to upstate New York to return it thumbnail
Man finds lost wedding ring on Hampton Beach and drives to upstate New York to return it

Category: News & Politics

even if someone finds it - how are you ever going to get it back? <00;03;06;15 "while i was in the water i did find a pair of sunglasses a quarter, a penny, so it's not like i wasn't finding anything."> there was plenty getting picked up on artie fleming's metal detector at hampton... Read more

NH realtors predict a boost in housing market if Fed cuts interest rates thumbnail
NH realtors predict a boost in housing market if Fed cuts interest rates

Category: News & Politics

Potential home buyers and sellers. the federal reserve indicates it may soon cut interest rates for the first time in four years. experts say this could help even out a tumultuous real estate market. it's been a rocky few years for the real estate market, with interest rates reaching a 23 year high.... Read more

Some NH town plan to spray for mosquitoes thumbnail
Some NH town plan to spray for mosquitoes

Category: News & Politics

Prevention steps. now in place. emani. well, marissa. tom. several communities across new hampshire are now having to take preventative steps like spraying for mosquitoes to really decrease our chances of having more cases of tripoli pop up. and that's not only the case here in hampstead or in the sanborn... Read more

Man accused of trying to illegally sell snapping turtle hatchlings thumbnail
Man accused of trying to illegally sell snapping turtle hatchlings

Category: News & Politics

Professional firefighters facebook page. a hillsborough county man is now facing charges after officials say he gathered snapping turtle hatchlings to sell illegally. fish and game says the man dug up the turtle eggs from a nest and tried to sell them online. after they hatched. 30 snapping turtle hatchlings... Read more

Full video: 2024 debate between New Hampshire GOP candidates for governor thumbnail
Full video: 2024 debate between New Hampshire GOP candidates for governor

Category: News & Politics

This is a wmur commitment 2024 special. the granite state debates. kelly ayotte was born in nashua, graduating from what was then known as nashua high school. she served as new hampshire's attorney general from 2004 to 2009. between 2011 and 2017, she represented the granite state in washington as a... Read more