NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WINNERS: ASSORTED PLACES AND CONSTITUENCIES In many respects, this year’s New Hampshire Republican primary resembled that of 1980, with the victorious John McCain nearly matching the winning percentage of Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush following in the footsteps of his badly defeated father. Twenty years ago, though, the elder Bush was able to find a toehold in some of the strongholds of moderate Republicanism in New Hampshire – the major academic communities of Durham and Hanover, and the seacoast city of Portsmouth. This year, McCain swamped "W" virtually everywhere, although McCain rolled up his most impressive percentages not in the conservative communities where Reagan ran best in 1980, but more moderate ones such as Hanover.
				1980					2000
	County		Winner	Reagan	G. Bush		Winner	McCain	G.W. Bush	Forbes	Keyes
STATEWIDE			Reagan	50%	23%		McCain	49%	31%	13%	6%
Largest Cities
MANCHESTER	Hillsborough		Reagan	75%	9%		McCain	38%	31%	22%	8%
NASHUA	Hillsborough		Reagan	43%	29%		McCain	51%	29%	10%	7%
Smaller Cities
("Moderate Tone")
CONCORD	Merrimack		Reagan	38%	24%		McCain	55%	29%	9%	6%
KEENE	Cheshire		Reagan	38%	27%		McCain	56%	27%	11%	5%
PORTSMOUTH	Rockingham		Bush	29%	31%		McCain	58%	30%	7%	4%
Industrial Heritage
BERLIN	Coos		Reagan	62%	21%		McCain	48%	25%	16%	7%
CLAREMONT	Sullivan		Reagan	42%	25%		McCain	47%	30%	14%	8%
Academic Influence
DURHAM (U.N.H.)	Strafford		Bush	19%	33%		McCain	58%	29%	5%	6%
HANOVER (Dartmouth)	Grafton		Bush	7%	44%		McCain	66%	26%	4%	3%
Border 'Burbs
SALEM	Rockingham		Reagan	46%	30%		McCain	45%	34%	14%	4%
WINDHAM	Rockingham		Reagan	52%	25%		McCain	52%	32%	9%	5%