Kevin landrigan is joining us from concord New Hampshire and over the last 20 to 25 years, the Granite State has become a real Battle Ground state. Why . Whats changed . Yeah, thats interesting. And its quite a contrast, right . Ronald reagan when he ran for reelection in 84, he declared it the most republican state in the country and he certainly could have made that case other than the far west like utah. And nevada, perhaps, but New Hampshire has become much more a swing state. I think primarily because of the migration here. Were unusual in that now, fewer people in New Hampshire actually were born here. More than 60 of its residents are not natives. Many of them come from massachusetts. They kind of came to escape higher taxes and more regulations and, but particularly on social issues, theyre very progressive, and thats what weve really seen over the years in New Hampshire is not only migration that is obviously make the center, more left, right leaning, but many of the residents
On cspan 3, online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Kevin is a state house bureau chief for the union leader. He is joining us from concord, New Hampshire, and over the last 20 to 25 years the Granite State has become a real battleground state. Why . Whats changed . Yeah. Thats interesting. I mean its quite a contrast, right. Ronald reagan, when he ran for reelection in 48 declared it the most republican state in the country. You could have made that case like utah and nevada perhaps. New hampshire has become much more of a swing state. I think primarily because of the migration here. Were unusual in that now fewer people in New Hampshire actually were born here. More than 60 of its residents are not natives. Many of them are come from massachusetts. They kind of came to escape higher taxes and more regulation and but particularly on social issues, theyre very progressive and thats what weve really seen over the years in New Hampshire is not only more my braigr
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New hampshire democrats, please welcome to the stage chairman ray buckley. 2018 is coming. Yesterday we launched a project to keep sununu accountable. His friends on corporate specialinterest. Of his phony doublespeak. Were calling them out. Our focus is five key issues. And we cant hold them accountable alone. We need your help. Check onnu reality facebook, go to our website, sununuoner new realitycheck. Com. In 2016. Unu won by 2 lets get to work. Everyone clear with our focuses . Focus is . In the next 11 months . That we joined by congas men and president ial candidate john delaney. Congressman tim ryan. My good friend, congresswoman and vice chair. Congressman andy custer. Tonight dinner is a chance to pause and reflect on the year we have had. New hampshire democrats have a lot to celebrate. The first all democratic, allfemale congressional delegation in history. Incredibly important battles to protect the progress we have concorda showing up in across the state and no cross the