New Hampshire primaries: A muted ‘circus’ with Biden missing from ballot
Al JazeeraA fight over the primary’s first-in-the-nation status has left a rift between state and national Democratic officials. “Never going to happen.” That’s how New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu responded early last year to the prospect of the Democratic National Committee stripping his state of its first-in-the-nation presidential primary. “I think it reflects that New Hampshire is the state that’s aware of politics more than some other states,” she told Al Jazeera, pointing to historically high voter turnout in primary and general elections. He added that, while Biden’s absence on the ballot was “disappointing”, Democrats are still hoping for a “robust turnout” in the New Hampshire primary. When asked whether Biden would have to answer for his decision to forgo the New Hampshire primary in his general election campaign, Buckley said that is still “a ways away”.