New Hampshire, the state that revived Bill Clinton’s struggling 1992 presidential bid and just barely nudged Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in 2016, appears to have closed the door on another Clinton bid.
In a new survey of New Hampshire Democrats, less than two in 10 believe the former first lady “represents the Democratic Party today.”
Instead, Granite State Democrats prefer Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and liberal dynamo Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York over Clinton.
The bottom line from a new NH Journal poll:
Which of the following do you believe best represents the Democratic Party today? (Democrats only)
- 55 percent, Elizabeth Warren.
- 28 percent, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- 17 percent, Hillary Clinton.
“The fact that so many Democrats in New Hampshire see Sen. Warren as an accurate reflection of their party isn’t that surprising given the fact that she’s from the neighboring state of Massachusetts,” Shawn McCoy, a former GOP campaign strategist and publisher for NH Journal, said in a statement.
“The fact that Hillary Clinton, an icon of the party for 30 years, trails a progressive activist newcomer like Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is astonishing,” added McCoy.
Warren is expected to run for the 2020 Democratic nomination and Clinton is also mulling a third try. Ocasio-Cortez is too young to be elected president or vice president in 2020.
New Hampshire hosts the nation’s first presidential primary.
New Hampshire has long been a political second home to the Clintons. In 1992, when former President Bill Clinton was floundering, the state revived his campaign in the Democratic primary and gave him the nickname “comeback kid.”
By 2016, it had begun to sour on the Clintons. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won the primary by a mile, and it gave Hillary Clinton the win over Trump by just 2,736 votes.
And, said NH Journal, the state appears ready to embrace any Democrat over Trump in 2020. In head-to-head matchups, Trump loses to Sanders, Warren, and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
