The
New Hampshire Democratic Primary - January 8 , saw a significant comeback by New York Senator Hillary Clinton, after a poor show at the Iowa Primary, where she finished third after Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards. Clinton secured 39% of the popular votes, defeating Sen. Barack Obama with a margin of only 2% votes. Sen. John Edwards finished with 17% of the total popular votes, well behind Obama. Both Clinton and Obama shared nine delegate votes each, whereas Edwards secured four delegate votes.
New Hampshire has a share of four electoral votes in the US Presidential polls, and more than 850,000 registered voters. Of the total registered voters, 26% are registered Democrats. There was high attendance on the voting day of the New Hampshire Primary, featuring a100% participation from the state precincts. Obama approached the primary confidently with the win at Iowa right behind him, but fell a shy short of Clinton when the results were announced. The victory of Clinton has been attributed to a number of factors, most notably the high percentage of senior voters in the state and the strong support from the women voters. She received 40% support from the women, in contrast to Obama's 36%, as par the exit poll reports.
Clinton congratulated the voters for showing their faith in her. Obama congratulated Clinton on her way and said he was looking forward towards carrying on the fight in the forthcoming primaries.
