With efforts to close New Hampshire’s presidential primary likely failing, the state’s primary could be determined by the state’s independent voters, who make up nearly 40 percent of the state’s electorate.
Republicans make up significantly fewer voters, 29.82 percent, and Democrats slightly more, at 30.28 percent. Since President Joe Biden has no significant challengers in the state’s Democratic primary, many Democrats were expected to register as independents — known as undeclared voters in the state — to sway the Republican primary.
Jay DeLancy, who runs the Voter Integrity Project, told The New Hampshire Star that the establishment pushes for open primaries in states like New Hampshire because the crossover votes from non-Republicans create the impression a leading conservative candidate doesn’t have as much support.
