The challenges of the American Democratic primary in New Hampshire

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In the United States begins the second phase of the Democratic primaries after the Iowa fiasco: this time it is in New Hampshire that the candidates for the Democratic nomination for the presidential clash. New Hampshire, this small state of one million three hundred thousand inhabitants located in the northeast of the United States.

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It will already be necessary that the poll takes place correctly, and we are off to a good start since, unlike Iowa where the Democratic Party had organized the vote, in New Hampshire the state takes control, as for a normal election. And a new muddle could suggest that the "losing machine" has started for the Democrats.

At the political level, as in the previous election Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg are leading the polls. We will therefore see if Pete Buttigieg, who won the first ballot to everyone's surprise, consolidates his position.

As for Joe Biden, he has already said that he expected another disappointment on Tuesday, even if he reorganized his campaign team since his failure last Monday. In the next two primaries, the former vice-president should do well, but let's not forget that the first ballots always create a dynamic - positive or negative.

In any case in recent days, the three men have multiplied the spades, because the poll is important: since 1952, out of 17 elections, 14 candidates who won the nomination of their party in New Hampshire were ultimately elected president .

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