Last month, Paul Senatus moved from Quincy, Massachusetts, to Manchester, New Hampshire, and began the process of registering to vote.
Senatus commutes the one hour drive back to his job at a biotech company. By registering to vote in New Hampshire, Senatus represents a very small minority in a very white state: By the last U.S. census count, New Hampshire is 90 percent white and 1.7 percent black. Ken Johnson, UNH’s senior demographer and an author of the report, tells WGBH News that about 20 percent of the people who will be eligible to vote in Tuesday’s primary election either weren’t living in New Hampshire or were too young to vote in 2016. And, there has also been a substantial increase in the number of people who have moved into the state from other parts of the United States, particularly Massachusetts, he added.
Johnson also estimates that new voters who have turned eighteen will have an impact as well, in addition to mortality rates. Since 2016, approximately 46,000 voting-age residents have died in New Hampshire, and a majority of them were older. “Older voters in New Hampshire tend to be more conservative,” Johnson said. “So the demographic changes that are going on in New Hampshire have changed the characteristics of the voting population.
wgbhnews Isn’t “somewhat more liberal” and “somewhat less conservative” somewhat the same thing?
wgbhnews They are ignorant of history- communism is bad. They are lazy - they want success without work. It has nothing to do with their race or youth, but it is a group feature.
wgbhnews My mother lives there. She, and her husband, were rather conservative when they moved from Maine, but the climate over the past few years has turned them away from what is labeled as 'conservative politics'. They cannot believe Trump was 'elected'. KillTheCollege TermLimits
wgbhnews You mean Moderates? It wasn’t that long ago to forget that term is it? Not everybody bat-shit crazy one way or other, like on twitter.
wgbhnews African Americans are leaving the LIBERAL PLANTATION! you’re part of the reason for this exodus. The reporting for this news outlet is biased and lopsided in favor of liberals.
wgbhnews YouthVote love BernieSanders cause he wants to send them and their kids to college not war! ✊🏼
wgbhnews Wtf is a voter of color?
wgbhnews That was a crazy huge rally for Trump tonight. Never seen anything that big in NH.
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wgbhnews And Hillary Clinton had a 90% chance to win, the pundits and pollsters all are morons.