They shouldn’t be first anymore. Their voting stats are now being manipulated by the Free Staters, a group of Civil Libertarians who posted plans years ago to turn NH red. They have moved thousands of people into the state, and have had a huge impact on local elections. Several towns have held special elections to get them out of office. There was a huge to-do last summer over Gunstock Recreational Area when they tried to take over the Gunstock Board of Directors, who had years of experience running the place. The Board of Directors resigned until it got to that point that the governor steps in, everyone was up in arms, and it only got settled when the Free Staters resigned from office, and the Gunstock board came back.

NH can no longer be considered a fair representative swing state and predictor of national outcomes, which was why they are first. The plan to move 20000+ Libertarians into the small state and influence the natural outcomes has changed voting there.

The Free Staters never list themselves as Libertarian, but as Republicans, in elections. They sometimes enter into small town elections in towns where most things are voted on by town meetings, and slash budgets after people vote for them thinking they are traditional republicans. No state with that kind of tampering should be the first swing state to vote.

Sorry to say this. I live in NH most of my life and to been sad to watch the chaos this group of people have summoned.