The NH primary was something of a warning sign for GW Bush. In the primary, amongst Republican voters, a full 13% voted for someone else. Obviously, we Granite Staters have issues with the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

It is also noteworthy that NH Democrats turned out in record numbers. This may bode well for the November general election.

That AP has a bit of color:

Record number of Dems turn out for presidential primary

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A fiercely contested seven-way race lured a record number of voters to the polls in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary.

With 100 percent of precincts counted, 219,246 Democratic ballots had been cast, shattering the mark of 170,000 set in 1992, when Paul Tsongas beat Bill Clinton.

Overall turnout did not set a record because the Republican primary, in which 62,927 ballots were cast, essentially was uncontested.

Secretary of State William Gardner had predicted 184,000 votes in the Democratic primary, about one third of them independents. Independents may vote in either primary.

A combined 395,000 votes were cast in 2000 in the Democratic and Republican primaries, both of which were contested.

The combined vote total Tuesday was 282,173, with 100 percent of precincts counted on both sides.

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Link at top of entry.

Full primary numbers here