Can anyone explain me how it work please?
http://www.wmur.com/politics/2016-full-new-hampshire-presidential-primary-election-results/37649066

Why is Rand Paul getting votes? Why is there that many candidates? How come some results are already out?

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Who cares ?

I

1). Because democracy.
2). Because many people want to be Pres.
3). Because polling times are different for different counties.

~Go Bernie~

~No Bernie~

Go Bernie ( only because if hes nominated he will demolish the democratic party and would hand the presidents office to a republican on a golden platter

Lol, you're funny ^

It's a primary. The American election system is first-past-the-post and takes place in November. This isn't an official government election but rather two elections run by the major political parties two figure out who they're going to have on their ticket.

Rand Paul probably already had enough signatures to get on the ballot for the New Hampshire GOP primary.

I like Rand Paul :(

Hopefully both parties collapse, they're both a bunch of rich ,Washington politicians who don't give a damn about the working people and love bombing places and sending soldiers to die.

... umm couldn't that be all countries? (if you change Washington)

I'm pretty sure you can write in votes for the Primaries. Even if Rand Paul dropped out his supporters could still write in his name as their pick.

Plus in NH independents (those not part of the Republicans or Democrats) can vote in either part's race (but not both), so that creates a whole big problem when predicting the outcome.

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You underestimate bernie and the progressive wave in the US. If he beats clinton, he's got a win. The republicans can't win with cruz or trump.

pls. Trump would destroy him with states like NY and Ohio. Trump can bring over moderate Democrats; Bernie isn't getting any Republican votes.

You underestimate bernie and the progressive wave in the US. If he beats clinton, he's got a win.

You underestimate anti-socialist sentiment in the U.S. If Bernie Sanders becomes the Democrat pick the Republican attack ads will practically write themselves. We'll see the red scare all over again as the Republicans build up Sanders as an evil or naive socialist.

To be clear, I'm not actually against Socialism, but you can't ignore that most Americans have a very negative reaction to even the word itself.

@general PE
that was funny joke

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The word socialism has never been seen as favorably as now in the US. I guess sanders played a role on this... He's educating people in politics and has a lead of 10+ points against trump on national match-ups.

@General PE
NY will never vote for Trump, and sanders has a better apeal to independents then every other candidate. If Democrats and Republicans vote for their nominee, he has a win.

i just found this: presidential candidates wealth list
http://www3.forbes.com/lists/forbes-2016-presidential-candidate-wealth-list/

Neither Trump or Sanders has a very high chance of winning. They're both too far out on their respective ends of the political spectrum.

Sanders could only win if Trump was his opponent, against any other Republican he'd end up losing due to the still present fear of Socialism (Yes, it's not as bad as it once was, but it's still not something the majority of Americans like. Sanders isn't even full Socialist, but what matters is that he'll be painted as one and that image will damage his campaign).