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The New Hampshire presidential primary for the 2016 cycle will be held on February 9, 2016.
Republican primary voters are not as socially [[conservative]] in New Hampshire as in the Midwest and the South, but New Hampshire is losing the enormous significance it once had. It does has a maverick streak, liking to reject a front-runner candidate in order to deliver an upset winner. [[John McCain]] won New Hampshire primary in both 2000 and 2008, reflecting the anti-tax, pro-veteran, independent leanings of the primary voters.
Independents are allowed to vote in the Republican primary, which can yield a more moderate result than if it were Republicans only.
[[category:politics]]