New Hampshire voters go to the polls Tuesday, Jan. 23 for the first primary of 2024.
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Though the New Hampshire GOP ballot may be long with names, the exit of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis days before the election has narrowed the field to just a few remaining Republican contenders, namely former President Donald Trump and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Though not indicative of who will prevail, Haley did notch a sweep in the tiny town of Dixville Notch just after midnight.
Meanwhile, Democrats will not find the incumbent, President Joe Biden, on their ballots due to a national Democratic Party rule change about who votes first in the nation. Since this contest is not recognized by the DNC, Democratic candidates won't earn delegates, but that hasn't stopped the president's supporters from leading a write-in campaign in hopes of helping him score a (symbolic) victory.
How to watch the PBS NewsHour's special coverage
Coverage of the 2024 New Hampshire primary will begin at 6 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
The PBS NewsHour's Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett will co-anchor the evening's regular broadcast, which will feature correspondent Lisa Desjardins in New Hampshire.
Desjardins will offer an update at 9 p.m. EST, and live special coverage begins at 11 p.m. EST. Check your local listings to find the PBS station near you, or watch online here or in the player above.
Follow Desjardins on X, formerly known as Twitter, for updates throughout the night.
There are many ways to follow along on our website, including:
- Find real-time New Hampshire vote counts
- Live updates: New Hampshire primary 2024
- Our 2024 presidential delegate tracker
- Look ahead at the national primary schedule
- Find much more from our Vote 2024 coverage
When and where is the New Hampshire primary?
In-person voting takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Depending on the town, polls close at 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. EST.
While New Hampshire allows absentee ballots, it does not hold early voting.
How many delegates are up for grabs in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire will dole out 22 delegates in total to Republican vote leaders, based on the proportion of the vote that different candidates win. To score delegates, candidates must hit at least 10 percent of the vote in their party.
For the Republican contest, the magic number is 1,215. That would be the majority of delegates a candidate would need to win the Republican nomination, NPR's Domenico Montanaro said.
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"We may be talking about Trump wrapping up the nomination by the end of March," he said. After Iowa, Trump has 20 delegates to Haley's eight.
No delegates will be awarded in the Democratic race, though for Biden, bragging rights are at stake. The Democratic ballot lists 21 candidates, including Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and 2020 candidate Marianne Williamson.
Who is eligible to vote in New Hampshire?
Nearly 40 percent of the state's voters are unaffiliated with a political party and can vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary. That includes around 4,000 Democrats who switched their voter registration to undeclared ahead of the October deadline. Many intend to vote in the Republican primary.
"The energy and the enthusiasm and the interest is clearly on the Republican side because of the number of candidates who are engaged in that race," New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan said last week.
Who are the GOP candidates?
In recent days, the Republican presidential field has boiled down to a two-person race between Trump and Haley. The primary ballot itself will have 24 candidates listed, including those who have dropped since the Iowa caucuses last week – Asa Hutchinson, Vivek Ramaswamy, and now, DeSantis.
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Ahead of the Republican primary, Trump maintains a commanding lead among New Hampshire voters. More than half of potential voters — 52 percent — back the former president, while 34 percent support Haley, according to a Washington Post-Monmouth University poll. Another 8 percent said they'd vote for DeSantis, but the poll was conducted before the governor announced his departure from the 2024 race. DeSantis, who pitched himself as "Trump without the baggage," endorsed the former president following his surprise exit.
Multiple Republican contenders tried offering themselves as the alternative to Trump, whose legal troubles have introduced a packed court calendar to campaign plans ahead of Election Day. All have failed to unseat Trump as the leading contender for the top of the Republican Party ticket, and now it's down to Haley and their one-on-one match.
"But there is a very real sense of inevitability here," Republican strategist Kevin Madden told the NewsHour after Trump's strong showing in Iowa. "If you look at the picture of what GOP base voters were saying in Iowa, as a precursor for what we're going to see from GOP base voters elsewhere, it paints a very compelling argument that the party and many of its base voters are coming to terms with the idea that Trump is going to be their nominee."
Who won last time?
Trump handily won the New Hampshire primary in 2016, with more than 35 percent of the vote. Then-Ohio Gov. John Kasich finished in a distant second.
In 2020, Sen. Bernie Sanders prevailed in the Democratic Party, followed by Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar. President Joe Biden received about 8 percent of the vote and didn't score any delegates.
What's next?
After the New Hampshire primaries, all eyes will be on South Carolina, where Democrats host a presidential primary Feb. 3 — their first party contest with delegates. Then, both parties set their sights on Nevada, where the Democratic primary is scheduled for Feb. 6. The state Republican Party will hold a primary and a caucus, on Feb. 6 and 8, respectively.
The PBS NewsHour's Matt Loffman contributed to this report.