America's Political Power Towns

VOTE BLUE VOTE RED POLITICAL POWER TOWNS The towns that pack the biggest punch in presidential elections WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRIMARY AND A CAUCUS? Vote A PRIMARY is an early measurement of A CAUCUS is used to discuss procedures used by some states to select presidential nominees. national attitude towards the candidates. Most Visited Early Primary Towns (by candidate visits as of August 6th 2015) New South Carolina lowa Hampshire Des Moines Manchester Columbia Cedar Rapids Davenport Concord Greenville Nashua Charleston PRIMARY TRADITIONS+ HOTSPOTS Des Moines, IA Dixville Manchester, Notch, NH The Midnight Voting Tradition The lowa State Fair Merrimack Restaurant *** -"Corn Poll" usually predicts lowa's primary results accurately - Candidates take questions on the Des Moines Register Soapbox -Voters used to gather in the - Dozens of candidates have visited the diner over the past 27 years ballroom of The Balsams at midnight to cast the 1st ballots in the nation - NH is home to the "first in the nation" presidential primary MEMORABLE SPEECHES + INTERVIEWS 1884 William Tecumseh Sherman Sherman's famed Sherman pledge 1896 William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold speech "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this 1912 Teddy Roosevelt Roosevelt's Bull Moose speech crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." Minutes after being shot in the chest said: "It takes more than that to 1972 The Canuck Letter kill a bull moose." Part of the dirty tricks campaign against 1979 Ted Kennedy Ted Kennedy Roger Mudd interview Democrats formed by CREEP (the Committee to Re-Elect the President.) "I would basically feel that it's imperative or the country to either move forward, that it can't stand still or otherwise it moves backwards. " TOP 4 MOST "PRESIDENTIAL" STATES New York Ohio Virginia Massachusetts John Adams William Henry Harrison Rutherford B. Hayes Martin Van Buren George Washington John Quincy Adams Calvin Coolidge John F. Kennedy Millard Fillmore Thomas Jefferson Chester A. Arthur James A. Garfield James Madison Grover Cleveland William McKinley James Monroe Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft John Tyler Franklin D. Roosevelt Warren G. Harding 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HOMETOWNS Jeb Bush - Midland, TX Ben Carson - Detroit, MI Chris Christie - Newark, NJ Ted Cruz - Calgary, Canada Carly Fiorina - Austin TX Lindsey Graham - Central, SC Mike Huckabee - Hope, AR Bobby Jindal - Baton Rouge, LA John Kasich - McKees Rocks, PA Rand Paul - Pittsburgh, PA Marco Rubio - Miami, FL Donald Trump - Queens, NY Hillary Clinton -Chicago, IL Martin O'Malley - DC Bernie Sanders - Brooklyn,NY List of candidates accurate as of October 2015 Republican • Democrat Sources: PRESENTED BY wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_primary#Significance usnews.com/news/articles/2015/08/06/most-popular-campaign-stops-in-iowa-new-hampshire-and-south-carolina-for-2016-hopefuls ijreview.com/2015/08/393783-casting-kernel-iowa-state-fair/ cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/01/nh.explainer/index.html centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/eight-decades-of-debate/ history.com/news/remembering-the-1912-presidential-election nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/takes-kill-bull-moose-article-1.1179536 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_home_state washingtonexaminer.com/n.y.-times-usa-today-take-obamas-advice-to-politicize-shooting/article/2573490 whistlestop.lbjlibrary.org/ SpareFoot N NOWSOURCING