Forget the national caricature of New Hampshire residents - the 10th-generation folks who just want to be left alone and untaxed in their remote cabins, who can spot an outsider at 20 paces.Boston Globe, 23 November 2007:
The dramatic Democratic sweep of major races in the Granite State in the 2006 election appears to be developing into a long-term trend as newcomers attracted to New Hampshire's high-tech jobs and affordable housing transform the state toward reliably Democratic turf.
Undeclared voters are moving leftward in their voting patterns, and a plurality of New Hampshire voters now identify themselves as Democrats, regardless of their actual party affiliations, according to data collected by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Democratic presidential candidates are drawing larger, more enthusiastic crowds as both parties campaign for the state's first-in-the-nation primary, to be held Jan. 8.
Pollsters say Democrats may also take a US Senate seat next year, which would leave just one Republican in New Hampshire's congressional delegation....
Many wrongly assume the state's increasingly blue political tint is due to hordes of liberals moving over from Massachusetts, he said. Many Bay Staters indeed cross the border - a three-bedroom house in North Andover runs about $100,000 more than a similar abode 10 miles away in New Hampshire, he said - but those voters tend to be Republicans fleeing the liberalism of Massachusetts. Bay State Republicans tend the stay that way, and are contributing to the GOP voting patterns along New Hampshire's southern border, Smith said, while out-of-state Democrats and left-leaning independent are adding their voices to communities in central and upper New Hampshire, making those regions more Democratic in their voting patterns.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/11/23/nh_seen_tilting_toward_democrats/?page=1
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