Marianne Jennings Michael Kelly Mort Kondracke Ch. It exists primarily to sustain the delusion that Granite State voters assert some vital influence over the course of global democracy.
Nothing qualifies the state for such an honor.
It barely casts a shadow over the American scene. It generates less economic output than Austin, Texas. It has no particular claims to distinction. And demographically speaking, it is the whitest place this side of Sweden. Nevertheless, it has become the one place on earth where the meek routinely get to mock the mighty.