[campaignPete R-CT]

the Libertarian streak in NH has made it a marijuana state ... and other drugs.

it is also the most unchurched state in the country. Conservatives who don’t attend church. So the non-attending Congregationalists supported RonPaul and now Trump. The churchgoing Congos are the county committee types. I cannot imagine those stuffy Yanks are supporting Trump.

Yes, the urban Reagan Dems came out in droves 8 years ago for Hillary in an effort to stop Obama and pulled the upset ... who had just won Iowa. Won’t happen this time.
aND THEir kids moves to the chic small towns like Exeter and became white-collar commuters.

The ones who are registered D cannot vote in the GOP primary. The unaffiliated voters can vote in either primary and will go with a GOP ballot, largely.

Their man is Congressman Frank Guinta, former mayor of Manchester. He hasn’t endorsed in this race.

Trump is too much of a perfect fit for the rural counties of NH GOP. A populist, non-religious, non-interventionist.
He will bury the opposition outside of the 3-large eastern counties.

I have not seen a single pro-life TV commercial. the pro-life groups in NH have become inactive. and Cruz is saving his money for the South.

Manchester Diocese is another place that became a playground for nutty clerics.

“A Pew survey showed that the religious affiliations of the people of New Hampshire was as follows: Protestant 34%, Catholic 29%, ... and non-religious at 26%.[36]

A survey suggests that people in New Hampshire and Vermont[37] are less likely than other Americans to attend weekly services and only 54% say that they are “absolutely certain there is a God” compared to 71% in the rest of the nation.[38][39] New Hampshire and Vermont are also at the lowest levels among states in religious commitment. In 2012, 23% of New Hampshire residents in a Gallup poll considered themselves “very religious”, while 52% considered themselves “non-religious”.[40] According to the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) the largest denominations are the Roman Catholic Church with 311,028 members; The United Church of Christ with 26,321 members; and the United Methodist Church with 18,029 members.[41]”
WIKIPEDIA

23.3% French and French Canadian
20.5% Irish
16.1% English
10.7% Italian

[Wallace T.]

The population mix looks like a cross between the Pacific Northwest, with high percentages of people of English colonial descent, and southern New England, with large numbers of Irish, French Canadian, and Italian descended Catholics. (Unlike the rest of New England, there is some Scots-Irish presence, as evidenced by towns named Londonderry.) The low percentage of religious belief is also reminiscent of the coastal Northwest and the northern Rockies, outside the Mormon areas. While liberal by national standards, New Hampshire remains moderate by the standards of its home region, though not as conservative as it was when it elected Meldrim Thompson or when the Manchester Union Leader was solidly conservative.