New Hampshire had a fairly conservative foundation for example the "Live Free or Die" motto. The state has no personal income tax and no general sales tax. It is the first state to hold primary elections for US Presidential candidates. Recently, it is counted on as a solid center-left state with Democrat majorities in government and the population has more registered Democrats than Republicans. It voted for [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 Presidential election and on June 3, 2009, the New Hampshire legislature passed a bill to make the state the sixth to allow gay marriage. | New Hampshire had a fairly conservative foundation for example the "Live Free or Die" motto. The state has no personal income tax and no general sales tax. It is the first state to hold primary elections for US Presidential candidates. Recently, it is counted on as a solid center-left state with Democrat majorities in government and the population has more registered Democrats than Republicans. It voted for [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 Presidential election and on June 3, 2009, the New Hampshire legislature passed a bill to make the state the sixth to allow gay marriage. |