New Hampshire holds its primary first because the state law of New Hampshire says it must hold the first primary.
Further Explanation:-
The first election of the series of primary elections for the nomination of Presidential post from both parties take place in New Hampshire and that is held in every four years. The second party contest is the process of choosing the delegates for the democratic as well as republican national convention and this national convention takes place in order to choose party nominees for the elections of the President of United States that take place in month of November of same year. There are only few of the delegates that are chosen in the New Hampshire primary but it still gets massive importance as it gets massive media coverage.
New Hampshire is not known to be a closed Primary as in closed primary, the participation of voter is limited only to the voters but instead of that Voters are enabled to vote in primary of either of the party. This system cannot be described as open primary because people who are registered with a party on voting day are not given power to vote in the other party’s primary.
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Answer Details:
Grade – High School
Subject – Constitution
Chapter –New Hampshire Primary
Keywords –New Hampshire, United States, Primary Elections, Elections, Closed Primary, Open Primary, Media Coverage, Nominees, Delegates, Convention.
