A Primary Battle

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

For decades, one state has had the privilege of going first in the presidential primary process. But New Hampshire’s “stranglehold” on the way we pick presidents could be losing its grip. The Democratic Party changed its presidential nominating calendar to give voters of color more sway. But New Hampshire isn’t backing down, setting up a major test of the stranglehold and its power. Today, we present that story from our colleagues in NHPR's newsroom, from the podcast "Stranglehold" Donate to support Civics 101 and NHPR's journalism right here. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Hannah McCarthy. I'm the Capitice and this is Civics 101.
0:04.0	Today we are bringing you something a little bit different from our normal fair.
0:08.0	A couple of years ago our colleagues in New Hampshire Public Radio's Newsroom
0:12.0	made a podcast called Stranglehold. It looked at why it is
0:16.0	that New Hampshire has held the first presidential primary for decades.
0:20.0	How it has kept, yes, a Stranglehold on this critical role in picking
0:26.0	presidents. Despite being a tiny state that many argue is not
0:30.0	representative of a rapidly changing country.
0:34.0	Now this podcast made a lot of waves, not just here in New Hampshire but across the country
0:38.0	and it got a lot of pushback, especially from some of the people who had an interest in keeping the first in the nation primary in New Hampshire.
0:46.0	Political insiders, media types, even the former New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner,
0:52.0	the so-called Guardian of the Primary.
0:54.0	The Public Radio has a link to that saying to watch a show
0:58.0	where they have all these just misinformation untrue
1:02.0	and they linked it to your show yesterday.
1:06.0	I've heard about this program, Stranglehold.
1:12.0	Well, there will be so much stuff that is just totally untrue,
1:18.0	made up, not fact-reviewed.
1:22.0	You can hear that whole story. If you check out Stranglehold's first season,
1:26.0	wherever you get your podcasts, it's also a fascinating look inside
1:30.0	campaigning for president, among other things. So we really think you'll like it.
1:36.0	It is truly in the Civics 101 wheelhouse.
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