court of impeachment. >> what we have seen over the last couple days is a descent into constitutional madness. >> we think the basis is irregular to say the least. >> donald john trump, president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment. >> for the third time in u.s. history, a president has been impeached and acquitted. from the house hearings to the senate trial, c-span has provided live, copper hints of coverage of the impeachment of president trump -- comprehensive coverage of the impeachment of president trump. you can find our video and related resources at c-span.org/impeachment. c-span, your place for unfiltered coverage of congress. we are back and we are going to go to new hampshire. we will talk to neil levesque, director of the new hampshire institute of politics at saint anselm college.

good morning. guest: good morning. host: what are your takeaways from last night's democratic dinner and friday's debate? who came out on top? who lost ground? guest: at last night's dinner, there was a lot of energy in the room. that is a big arena. a lot of people there. mayor pete came out first. i think that was pretty good for his advantage. yes -- an x tempering extemporaneous speech, did not miss a beat. i thought it was good. klobuchar that amy had a great speech as well. she seems to have momentum, as does mayor pete. i think she is capitalizing on it. thatr as the debate goes, was hosted at saint and some college. the interesting thing -- at

saint anselm college. thatnteresting thing about , genuinely, the gloves have not come off this primary much. contrasting.polite is the person who starkeate some more contrast was amy klobuchar, who came out ahead in that debate. i think some of the polling is indicating she has done well since then. the other thing on that debate was that joe biden said in the middle of the debate, basically conceded he is probably not going to win new hampshire. i think that was interesting thing to have happen several days before the first ballot is even cast. host: neil, how much is the race changing in new hampshire this week? do we expect to see any swings or shifts over the next couple days?

it seems like everything has been going crazy over the last few months in new hampshire. guest: absolutely. new hampshire voters, a lot of times they will fall in love with the candidate through the summer and fall. as we get into this final week, they will get married to the candidate they think should go on to the nomination. a lot of times that is big swings during this period. that can be affected by the many appearances going on in the state, the debate, and some of the questions they are taking. hillary clinton had some moments here in 2008 where she cried. in those final hours of the primary, she ended up overcoming barack obama in the final hours. there was an upset there. there have been more upsets through new hampshire history at this primary. i would not be surprised if we

see some of the national pundits and press be a little bit surprised by the results on tuesday evening. guest: you brought -- host: you brought up the hillary clinton barack obama primary in new hampshire. is there anything different in this cycle than in previous cycles? or are we seeing the same story, the same actions but democrats in new hampshire that we saw in previous years? guest: there are some big differences from now and previous primaries. first, we started off with 26 and 29 major candidates for this office, all running through the state. some have dropped out of the race. some are still on the ballot. we certainly have quite a few. we also had impeachment in the middle of this, which is an unusual situation. several of the u.s. senators running for president had to come off the campaign trail to

be in washington, d.c. we also had some stark contrast with front running candidates. you take 78-year-old bernie bidens, elizabeth warren, , they are in their 70's. then you have 38-year-old pete buttigieg musso certainly some buttigieg, so -- certainly some major contrast. this is very different. as far as campaigning goes, years ago, what would happen is you would find a supporter and have a house party and they would invite their family and friends to the house party. perhaps half of them were republicans and half did not vote or a certain percent did not vote. your target audience was slim. now what campaigns do is they find a location, a house party or other location, and they do

the inviting through some of the data points and try to identify potential voters so when the candidate walks into a room to make the pitch to voters, it is a voter rich target. there is a lot more people that could potentially vote for them of the primary. --e of the major changes slightly less television ads than in previous years. anda lot more youtube ads targeting the phone, targeting big data and looking at potential voters and micro-targeting them. to ourefore we get back next question, our viewers can take part in this conversation. we are going to open our regular phone lines. republicans, you call (202) 748-8001. .emocrats, (202) 748-8000 , (202) 748-8002.

you can text us at (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social media on twitter @cspanwj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. you guys have been polling in new hampshire for a year. what have you seen as far as spikes for candidates going up and down? do you think we will see another pole from you before tuesday's primary? guest: we are not going to release a paul before tuesday primary. we had one that came out there and we were in the field during the i will caucus period. sanderswed biden and tied. one of the interesting things about that is that is what the other polling showed. bernie sanders and biden have been strong. however, we did show that pete buttigieg was leading in new

s.mpshire for two poll we were the first to show that in new hampshire. that created a controversy. it was a shock to national pundits that here's a 38-year-old mayor of indianapolis -- i am sorry aaron south bend -- i am sorry. south bend. i gave him a drop motion there -- job promotion there. would candidates like pete buttigieg are on the ground, you see what their message is up close and personal. voters of new hampshire have taken great interest in the mayor. not is something that is being seen in national polls and something that i think is going to show up on tuesday when new hampshire citizens vote. host: we know about all of the problems they had with the counting the votes in the iowa caucus. one of our social media followers is asking now, in new

hampshire, who will be counting the votes? this is an important question and the election process is at stake. problems int any new hampshire like we saw in iowa? who is counting the votes? guest: this is a great question. we have apshire, complete lead different system. election state run that is taking place tuesday. we have never had a problem and we do not anticipate we will have any problems tuesday. our secretary of state runs this election. it is private, meaning you cannot even take a picture of your ballot when you're in the ballot booth. it is private. it is a state run election. it is not run by the party. there are no apps. there is a paper ballot.

if for some reason someone feels there should be a recount, we have paper ballots and we can conduct a recount, as we have many times for state and local races. this is a different system here. we do it very well. we get criticized -- our secretary of state, bill gardner, get criticized often because he is not employing apps and different ways of counting votes and giving different people victories. .e have one victorious count there will be one election result tuesday night. our viewers join in on this conversation. iswill start with david, who calling in from southampton, new york on the democratic line. caller: i like all of the candidates for the democratic party, but i do not think

anybody is currently going to be able to beat bush -- i mean trump. essentially, the economy is good. at least, the stock market is up. there is a message i think the democratic party is conveying that is exclusionary to the base of the majority of the people that vote. i feel like there is a lot of discussion about hispanic voters, about black voters. i feel like they are losing white people, their votes, as a result. is. is where trump's base i feel like the democrats are losing it. the focus is on the minority votes. i think they are losing the weight votes -- white votes

because they do not feel like they are getting hurt. that is a problem. they need to address the needs for all americans. host: go ahead and respond. guest: one thing with politics is that it is a numbers game. you are trying to always get to 51, if you will, increase who is going to vote for you and do so by different means, including talking to different groups of people across the country. the president of the united states is obviously a skilled opponent for the democrats. he has won a strong republican primary 3.5 years ago. it is going to be a tough election. you mentioned the stock market. the economy is the thermometer politics. if the economy is good, the president is going to have much more of an advantage. anyway, he has run on the economy.

that is part of his campaign. watching the stock market, for someone like me that is in politics, it is something i do. as it relates to this coming election. expanding the amount of people you're talking to, the president himself has tried to reach out to african-americans and different groups in the country to expand his base. i would expect that democrats will do that as well. you have been polling in new hampshire for a year. what issues are new hampshire voters talking about? is it economy, health care, china? what are the issues the new hampshire voters are voting on in this primary? guest: those are all issues that democrats care about. .oters in general health care being the top of the issues list, but if you boil it

here and somes independence, are focused on who can beat donald trump. they want to beat the president of the united states. they are trying to pick a candidate who can do that. in our polling, up until the iowa caucuses, the candidate the came out on top, that was strongest in that category, was former vice president joe biden. he had that advantage. that is a good advantage to have as he go into this week between iowa and new hampshire. if voters view you as the person most likely to beat donald trump , and that is on their mind, they may turn the not for you on voting day. you may come out the victor based on that one issue. there are many issues and candidates across new hampshire are covering them. you have issues like the opioid addiction problem that plagues new hampshire but also other states across the country.

we find issues like that, candidates come into new hampshire and start hearing from moms and dads and grandmothers and grandfathers who have lost members of their family from all economic backgrounds from the opioid addiction crisis. all of a sudden, that is an issue that is front and center with them and their campaign. candidates are up close and with us and get to see and hear from them own different particularly the opioid crisis was one that really has as a major problem and that the one the candidates are in this election. host: let's go to mark from huntsville, alabama, on the independent line. caller: good morning. i don't know if this is off the opic but i was talking to the

screener and one is that i never whole dollars and you s are spending basically state and say they pick their points on he issues and basically everywhere they go they say the same so in the beginning they 17 or 18 candidates and that tv and they was on all made their points on the issues and where they stand. never understood why they on hat when they can watch tv and on c-span, i never understood that. me out i help appreciate it. guest: that is a great question,

mark. i get that question all the time because there's a lot of candidates need to raise money to be viable money.tes and spend that the point is that a lot of the es they put them into 30-second or 50-second ads on youtube or reb television -- regular television stations. 30-second ads work. they work because people are busy with their lives and may watch a debate or focus too much on the news because they are trying to get to school and kick dinner and they are doing other things. and in turn on the tv the background that 30-second ad it.s and people tune in to if americans spent more time on then there would be less advertising ce of

in politics and thus on money in politics. because there's such a need the candidates have to go out and raise money. the u.s. senate candidates if hey run they have to raise thousands and thousands of dollars every single day just to be a viable candidate. forget running for president. of is in the millions dollars. we have a candidate right now michael bloomberg who is the first four states and is basically running to $250 n ads up million so far and has pledged double that. so, you could get up to a dollars out of his own pocket being spent and not necessarily campaigning. so the new hampshire campaigning of going door to do and into parties, d house having town halls, answering follow-up taking the

questions, doing selfies with people which seems a little but it is a great way to talk to voters as you do a it on socialey put media. but that candidate michael is not doing these things and the jury is out as to whether that will be an strategy. i believe in the new hampshire primary and the way we campaign think it is good to have a candidate who gets into taken a office having lot of questions from a lot of and ar people in the state shaking a lot of hands and heard from a lot of people directly their concerns. because when they are in the they make better presidents having done so. but michael bloomberg has a approach. and the jury is out as to hether that will be an effective strategy going forward in the 2020 election. a lot of conversation the

last presidential election about viability of polling, viability of exit poll iing. o, the saint an sell college service center was created following the mixed results to the 2016 presidential election. are you doing anything polling this th time? we have within social media who wants me to ask about exit polls in new hampshire. there be exit polls following the primary to get about how ation people voted and why? guest: that is the question i asked most when i give speeches to different civic groups about polling. i will answer the last part polling ich is exit will be going on tuesday in new hampshire and they hired a lot anselm college

get a s and they try to test sample whatever is going on always a true test because a lot of the times you polling out of the spot, you are late for work or don't want to talk to the person clipboard on a cold day, so you walk by and you that give any answers to exit poller. polling as far as our goes, we call cell phones and lines, we do test sampling on that. e believe that we have a very accurate system. sometimes people don't answer accurately. a problem obviously. in the 2016 election some people of, we think, they didn't want to admit there were

for donald trump for whatever reason and that missed the polling. we are hoping that that's something that has been overcome. one thing to keep in mind as we ove forward you will see different polls for new hampshire. you will see that one candidate is in the lead and then a candidate is in the lead for a different poll. be? say how can this the data is there but a lot of pollster will weigh the different age groups differently. so 18-29-year-old is one group people.ng pollsters have different theories about how much that group will vote. that is a sort of a guess into the future. compared to how about they have voted in the past. e saw for example in iowa the vote totals were much like 2016 2008 we they were

much higher. and t is a hard guess statisticians spend a lot of time on this. see different polls showing different results in the next few days, and it frustrates voters and i understand that frustration. willhe real test of course be test here in new hampshire when polls close, most polls at 7:00 p.m. on tuesday and then 8:00 p.m. the rest of them. so, you probably will see some 9:00 and arting about robably have a result before midnight for sure. host: latinos tack to ron -- is callingto ron who new hampshire. have you made up your mind who to vote for? caller: yes, i have. you talk about electability. a poll is done where they

actually ask voters, all voters, democrats but all voters, who you would vote for in a general election, either or candidate x, and you exact question you know who comes out on top by a long shot? andrew yang is the top in hrbgtability when you -- when you ask trump or yang, trump or buttigieg. all of them.ve i just want to say the reason popular is he has this plan where he is going to every ,000 a month to person in the country. hat that will do is bring everyone up, all the disenfranchised people, people it will bring them up so that they will have a chance compete and can done money to campaigns, do all of these things.

that is why he is so popular. the reason why he is not showing in the polls is the guy you had ahead of this guy from that "boston globe" poll yang's dn't even ask name. that media hates yang because he into new media. old media is against him. a huge we will see surprise with yang. guest: thanks for the question. that place is the home of one of governors. the andrew yang has been campaigning hard. he was at the dinner last night stage on the debate friday night. he has a real following out there. are signs andhere hats and there are lapel mass because he

is fond of sort of doing math as he did last night at the dinner. sort of figuring things out country.e he has a definite following in group.pshire amongst the i would -- they will poll him he will probably finish on tuesday. no predictions other than that, ut he has been out and about and has a following. from let's talk to terry colorado only the republican line. codopaxie. it will come if off without a hitch in new hampshire. they had such a problem in iowa. i'm wondering how they will count the votes.

that be the same or democrats still using their product. i'm curious about that. guest: that is a great question. i will go back to what i said earlier in the fact that we are completely the opposite of what happens in an caucus or caucuses. we don't have first place, and third place, who brings the most people to he polls to begin with and who exits with the most. there's not a trophy for everybody. election statewide and it is conducted by our secretary of state and each town a paper ballot so if you need to have a recount there it don't have any apps or technology involved t. is old school and we get criticized for it. secretary of state gets criticized for this all the time. being proven is

correct in keeping it the way for many, many years. so, i believe we are going to product on solid tuesday, and i think the rest of to see try will be able what our results are and feel it was done correctly and krbably. ost: there's been talk about moving iowa and new hampshire out of their first in the nation status. your opinion be on whether iowa and new new hire or either iowa or hampshire should be moved out of their first in the nation spots? guest: i can speak for new state re in that this really kicks the tires for candidates and tests them in a done in other be states. 1.3 millionll place, people, you can get around as a the date and we have

highest voter turnouts over and of new in in the state hampshire. some say this is our state sport with itics and i agree that in the fact that we really take civics very seriously. you can't just come into new hampshire and spend all kinds of advertising vision and win this election. you need to go out there and greet voters and candidates really need to take questions from voters and and the follow-up question that is good for democracy. we don't pick a candidate and to do rybody else has what we do. and we get criticized. criticized by andidates who don't perform here very well. but they don't perform well in don't wn states and they perform well anywhere and they don't look in the mirror and say campaign or a good

i was not attractive to voters for whatever reason but it is my fault. they blame the voters of new hampshire and then there is a we should ing that not go first. it is stand that, but wrong. what we will see tuesday is democracy. on tuesday.this and i think we will show that once again we know how to conduct elections here and we are going to have a great tuesday night. host: let's tack to vivian -- vivian from albertville, alabama, on the independent line. morning.good caller: good morning, jesse. loomberg is planning on spending $600 million to $2 billion to help the democrats. could be a hero to me if he would have taken that money and infrastructure, make a company that could

people ens or happen with diabetic medicine or omeless shelter but he spends this on ads we won't remember a year from now. thank is sad. could be a hero, but he is not. well, i will defend mayor bloomberg and just say that i no that he is very ic and successful and think he is made a pledge to give his 54 or plus billion dollars when he passes away and i think that he's got that base covered. in to , when money comes the economy through television uys and things like that, it does filter out and there are a lot of people that make their of ng off of the business

politi politics, the business of politics is alive and well. to any of your television stations you will see 24-7 cs is on almost because people want to hear about it and watch it and see it. sells advertising. oscars we will see the on television and that sells advertising. 24-7 the olitics country has always sort of they hate politics but i think americans do love politics and we see it every day television. host: we have a question from here whor sign viewers says hey, neil is it true people massachusetts can come in and vote in primaries? he primary?ng in t and if you are a republican can you vote in the democratic primary? does new hampshire handle this? can people from vermont and

show up?etts what is going on here? guest: that is a great question there's always been speculation about that. if you live in massachusetts or to come nd you plan here to vote you need to save turn your car d around because that do not take place here. that you are ow domiciled in the state of new hampshire in order to vote. there is some controversy regarding that subject, but the that's the t situation. reliestroversy of course on the fact we have some outstanding colleges here in new the college students are domiciled here. put their re they heads down on the pillow every night so they are domiciled here vote.ey can i will also take the second part and that is, if you are a registered democrat

go to the polls and take a democrat ballot on tuesday. you are an undeclared voter, which is commonly referred to as an independent, 410,000 of 280,000 democrats number foreigner declared. you can go to the polls,r and a democratic or republican ballot and choose your candidate. that is an important thing here candidates need to appeal to sort of those minded voters because of such a large number of them in the state. if you are a y, republican you go in and you take a republican ballot and on the president of the united states and he's the leader of the party, republican party. a number of also other candidates running. i believe, to, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 candidates on both sides total. a number of people

running for president. write in a name if you do not like the choices you.e so, there is some interest here a, how many will write in michael bloomberg because his ads are running in new hampshire as well. how many will write in a name ther than donald trump on the republican side? there's been some effort and writing in thele name of mitt romney who is a news last made the week on the impeachment. there's also other candidates ike for example if you have been watching the ads and one of the democratic candidates ppeals to you, maybe you will write in their name. so there's any number of things on you could do as a voter tuesd tuesday. but primarily they call that in sort of looks world they call that scatter.

primarily you will see the top names that you have seen garner votes. and obviously there's much more interest on the democratic side now than the republican side, just a fact of life. president of the united states, donald trump, is new hampshire monday evening for a huge rally and the vice panied by president of the united states as well alleges the vice night.nt's wife that the largest arena that we have is where they e are going and he's expected to the seams. the democrats did a similar hing last night with all of their candidates coming in. o these big rallies are what take place here at the end of the election. remember the ay president of the united states ended his campaign here in new

came here on that .ast evening to a giant rally so, sort of a tradition for him. coming to news he hampshire? if there's not much of a race to do so expected well, he is solid in the republican field, if he is so well why bring the president and vice president here to new hampshire. wants to sort of celebrate that first ballot victory here in the state and i he is also going to sort f comment on the democratic field. away s tphnot sort of shy from that so i expect that will happen. there's a lot of anticipation in that monday rally here new hampshire and it should be a very interesting time. e started out campaigning in new hampshire. i actually picked him up at the when he long time ago first started running for president.

times with donald trump here in the state and with them candidates, many of the democratic candidates, we get to know them personally and ave a lot of interesting stories and times with them. ost: if you want to see president donald trump's campaign rally in new hampshire ou can tune in here on c-span for the live monday at 7:00 p.m. rally in ent trump's manchester, new hampshire on c-span.org and listen on c-span's radio app. -- sorry. app is he c-span radio so wonderful, someone who is i use d with politics that often to sort of tune in to the fact nd i love that c-span is so unfiltered i ause another question getting i'm a bipartisan person and institute of politics what watch and a o you

lot of the times what i say is c-span has these unfiltered get to hear u direct directly, so someone is not the person what says and what the candidate or politician says. you get to hear from them directly. i find it very valuable. i think c-span is one of these gems that really helps our democracy. our t really increases civic activity in the united states. host: i completely agree with you. get a few f we can moore calls before the -- few more calls before 9:30. go to margaret calling from dover, new hampshire. decided who you are voting for in the primary? caller: i haven't really. but one thing that interests me can't pick up who an independent or democratic trump.but are upset with there is bill weld who has been

a lot of like cnn a month ago and one question he you want this man o drive your kid's school bus talking about trump so he could 10, 20, 30 paoeeople years ago that isn't a message a message tot sent the president that he is tphnot of by the approved republicans. ost: who is challenging president trump in the new hampshire primary, neil? uest: there are several republicans on the ballot including former governor of weld.chusetts bill he has some support here in new hampshire. and our polling shows that the the united states has really, really solid support well. but there's always the chance.

margaret is right that in new hampshire this is the opportunity to have a protest this many have seen times before. where in their own party if they bit of a protest vote people take note of that. what is going on here? sort of in 1992 a a very classic example of conservative challenger, president of the united states. usually, if the challenger comes left in the of democratic party or the right in the republican party, that will have more -- i of a chance say but usually has more of appen impact. will cite the buchanan example. patrick buchanan was a noted conservative and he challenged from the raoeight and did so pretty effectively. win but he shook

hings up here during the nominating process. nd some speculate that that caused bush to weaken as he and bill clinton in 1992 lost to him. like ere's many examples th that. lyndon johnson being another sitting presidents have been challenged and quite effectively. seeing sort of some of the scatter in the days ollowing when you can see who is being written it and secretary of state reports that. interesting to see who comes out on top on some of that. let's try anna who is texas, canom de soto, you give us a quick question. caller: my question is almost a statement. i lost my faith. i willen is the guy that

always support and all the sanders, ttigieg and they are spoilers. country.erned about the vl vladimir putin said i didn't clinton and you have netanyahu. are f the mpresident's men in jail so don't talk about the other guys. biden thatis and joe is who i'm voting for. what should we look for weapons night, quick -- wednesday night? the person for divorce believe has the best chance of beating donald trump from is what the caller texas said. host: we would like to thank you new irector of the hampshire institute of politics for being with us today and craziness all of the of new hampshire and what we will see tuesday night. thank you so much.

guest: thank you. host: we will be joined by ray chairman of the new hampshire democratic party and e will talk to us about tuesday's primary and how the state is preparing after the in iowa. first, this week on news makers whip james mocratic clyborne of south carolina talks state primaries, what happened in iowa and impeachment trial of president trump. here is the congressman on his unhappiness about some of the made by the democratic national committee. that is 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. c-span. you can hear it on that great radio app and on line at c-span.org. hurt by the very, to letn not the decision bloomberg off but the decision modifications to

keep that on the stage. wanted curry and camilla to remain on the stage. they were both running good campaigns. of us know in the world we live in the political world makes politics and it is difficult for candidates color to raise the kind of money other candidates raise. ought to take that into account. we ought not make all of our based upon the deepest pockets. i like bloomberg. i have interacted with him. he's been a supporter of mine. i do not believe it is fair to make decisions based

solely on money when you bring ticket.else to the >> i know you are not the only voice concerns about not going back weeks if months. was that complaint in addition to what happened with the iowa do you think the d.n.c. chairman should step down? >> well, that is a decision for him to make. see others calling for him to step down. i know that there's a serious iscussion taking place on capitol hill as to what ultimately happened at the d.n.c. i have my differences with the d. tphfpn.c. some time ago about the so-called i think egates, which is a derogatory term. there are not any super delegates.

to force me to have to run one of delegate against my constituents i just don't think that is good politics for for our party. did hanging these resumes tphnot return the decision maki to the grassroots. you really ripped off the grassroots when you separate a her ess person from his or constituents. >> can you dig in more what you serious discussions on capitol hill about his job. relating to your leadership meetings with the speaker? > no, it hasn't but in the meetings of the congressional black caucus. there are very raw feelings in congressional black caucus. like out kamala and

corey corey exited the stage. host: for two days primary after y'all saw in iowa are ready? guest: we are ready. 100 ve been doing this for years and there will not be a at all.litch but there is a big difference between a caucus and a primary. is a big difference how terror operated and -- how they are conducted. host: are you feeling extra after what happened in iowa or there is something you do? guest: both. ctually cool as a cucumber regarding anything we could be involved in. mischief oncern is

makers that could make up stories and get out there. together to king monitor the democratic party and new hampshire republican party the attorney general, secretary of state. governor's office working to make sure there isn't something that gets ma up by in the somewhere country that something is happening and we can resolve it clarify in -- it. every voter in new hampshire the same locations they have been voting many years. hey get a paper ballot and check it off. it is handing to them by the erson who has probably been handing them as long as they have been registered voters. do it multiple times a year and no state has more elections new hampshire. everybody runs for office or and office at some point some of us have held multiple offices. ost: tell us more about that

concern you were talking about. are you worried about somebody your ting to hack into voting system or propaganda people telling people that closed or on?are what is it we are talking about here? -- it is is absolutely ust somebody, whether they are in moscow or somewhere else make are story that there problems at the polls. so we are working all together correct that and we are determined there will not e a single story out there of any misinformation. we have a couple of thousand reporters throughout the state. we want to make sure they get prompt and accurate information is happening. we don't anticipate any problem. our system works. it is something we have been doing for 100 years with the primary. but it is basically like running

election. the mischief makers on line that information. host: our prefer guest bragging how well the system works. what the type of system are you running, electronic, paper, both? are you using some new app like iowa? ell us how the process works there. guest: by state law everybody by paper ballot. there is no electronic voting in any way. in any way.app his is old good old fashioned voting in new hampshire. you are simply -- we have same registration. you can register that day. in ou wake you up at 2:00 the afternoon maybe i will have my voice heard you can go to the location and go on the secretary of state website or state party and tell you go.re to

you go, register and get to vote. they give you a ballot and you it off and it is put in the machine that counts it. machines we same have been using many years. there is no connection to the internet. it s tphis not that and we have routinely have recounts after every election and we have 400 members of the so you can imagine by many of them are decided one or two votes and they are almost always accurate. difference e vote but we don't anticipate any issue. of ill know who the winner the new hampshirele -- new is before rimary midnight. host: you answered my question. when do we see the results of primary? you think you will know it the same day, next morning, that wednesday morning? will we see results? polls suggest me

it will be historically close. haveat is the case we will to wait until further in the evening. cansome of us old-timers we tell by looking at one town what the trend will be. we will know pretty early who will be successful. what ht not know exactly ne everyone will be in because some towns a candidate will do extraordinarily well and some won't. host: what time will you be watching so we can know where to what the turnout is going to be? uest: well, i'm from manchester, long-term elected before iand city chair was state party chair and ran campaigns for decades. is where i feel months ago comfortable. so -- most comfortable. looking at manchester and seeing what order the candidates big the person came

in first place that will tell you a lot. part in wers can take this conversation. we will open up our regular lines. 202-748-8001. is crats your line 202-748-8000. ndependences you can call 202-748-8002. and we want to here from our new a pshire voters there is special line for you 202-748-8003. you can text at that same number. 202-748- 02-748-8003 and we read on twitter and facebook.com/c-span. o, ray, let's by in our first caller who is from new hampshire. let's talk to kathy who is keene, new hampshire, on democratic line. good morning. good morning to chairman ray who is a native.

i'm excited that i'm supporting pete buttigieg in the primary tuesday. about him.ate i think he has the best chance to win. iowa inspired with his victory specifically that he led obama-trump counties and you recall areas and -- and i have seen nd people supporting him primarily undecideds but others. and i like his temperament. part of the vorite quality he has. so it is exciting we are seeing shift here. guest: thank you. i'm hoping this isn't my cousin taoerpb.m -- keene. family is from keene for generations. when you said keene, i thought

no. i can that certainly mayor pete an amazing ground operation in the state and has tracted support from across the board. i have heard from republicans him, independents and democrats and from all walks of life so it was interesting to how the results come out. nearly 3-1i believe, for bernie in 2016. interesting to see with the results are. host: let's talk specifics about the primary. how many precincts are there and how many volunteers and state will be out on tuesday to make sure that this primary correctly? guest: i think that the total hat we were looking at the other day was 341 polling locations. most towns it is just a single location. cities have wards but there are

couple of towns divided because the town being a little there are ometimes two polling locations. i believe there is one town with three. it comes to people inside he polls, that is pretty significant. every polling be location has a charge of ho is in the whole location and system. the clerk deals with the ballots. to bring the ballots to the polling location and administer the handling of and returning -- ballots and return of the ballots. local electionhe officials that check everybody in and each party gets to minimum of two individuals there so it is completely honest and above board. then there are other appointments based on the size there and munity in both political parties allowed to have challengers. there watching every single step. will mocratic candidates

have lawyers at nearly every location in case there's a anyone and ut voting. e will have representatives from the u.s. department of justice there our state police. we are all working together with state government. government. local government as well. so there would be literally 20,000 people out there helping in one way or another. one of our seemed to me callers wants to get specific so know what kind of software and voting machines and they ampshire use want to know do you have faith that this will not be a repeat iowa? guest: well, it would be be a repeat of iowa because it is a defend type of election. apples and oranges when you compare a caucus to a primary.

our voting phpbls are something that take the paper ballot and at the end itthen comes out with paper so it s tphis any way.ble in they are the machines we have been using for decades. in new lling location hampshire has them. i was on the house election years ago when we it ituted this to make sure was uniform across the state. we have a couple dozen recounts every state general election because of a multitude we are either d spot on with the results when we of done a complete recount every single ballot or maybe off very, very but it is unusual for anything to be larger than that. complete confidence in the machines. there is no way that somebody there or some sort of other entity can try to mischief when it comes to

the actual balloting and ounting and preserving of the ballots. the state police at the end of ballots, pick up the y are in possession and it will be complete at that polling location. ust in case anything happens though nothing really has ever happened before. host: there is a lot of talk about d. tphfpn.c. chairman tom perez. ow involved is the national party especially chairman perez een in the new hampshire primary? is he down there overseeing what is going on? was here on he friday and spent a good hour him about what is happening but mostly what is in the general election here. democratic chair of national party have confidence

of state and ry state government and local elected officials. certainly in my seventh term of the chair of the party so i volunteering in campaigns when i was 11 years years ago so 50 this is not my first primary. system exactly the same my entire life. how we vote and how that works. something we very confident and comfortable with. from let's talk to david stant stanton, virginia on the line.endent caller: good morning. mynk you, c-span, for taking call. i have a couple of comments. number one, on the new hampshire primary, i love the fact that it they open primary and that have paper ballots so that makes buckley sense what mr. said about the way they handle their elections. umber two, stparblgs the

candidates go, i personally like gabbert. i know she is a long shot but she is very honest and has a lot integrity. here demeanor is great and i think she will do well with independence. she is a veteran of 17 years and and in congress sun years -- seven years and if you are nterested in finding out more watch the energy with john video you youtube will get a very pleasant surprise. comment is, if mayor bloomberg would take $100 clean up the water he would probably be the next states.nt of the united so, that is it? thank you for taking my call. let phame ask this question. bloomberg is skipping new hampshire. does that say about the viability of new hampshire as nation e first in the

primary if one of major candidates is not even bothering to come there? guest: well, first let me say omething about tulsi since i said something about pete for many who might not know pete miles per hour and tom perez and others ran for .n.c. chair so i was in 2 debates with -- 12 debates with served as th tulsi i vice chair with the democratic national committee for a number together andwe sat became really good trends and i -- friends and i stay in contact with her. it has or bloomberg, never been successful for anyone o skip new hampshire and to be the nominee or the president of the united states. we are entering a new era. we will look at that. of new ainly the people hampshire, if he happens to be a ominee i believe we will

support him for president. host: back to the phone lines new mike from derry, hampshire, on the democratic line. another new hampshire voter. decided who you are voting for in the primary? caller: i think so. coming down to the wire for me for sure. know the g because i residency rule in new hampshire confusion and people are thinking about voter suppression. i wonder what you think this is an. y republicans to block college students from other states from voting. first off, that is absolutely true. that is what they are attempting. secon second, we are in the middle of state to court so i ave to not make too many comments. hird, every person can show up

at the poll and you will be able if you don't en have an i.d. you can sign a form. sort of ve any questions there will be a legal counsel available that will your voting rights. nobody from the state of new ampshire, no person living in new hampshire should hesitate to have their voice heard. it is important to understand are democrats allowed to vote in the but the 42 mary can vote and anyone unregistered can register your ballotand cast 67 . residency what the law used to be versus now so will who don't live there know what we are talking about. well, i believe that it was very clear before on exactly is.t the residency

the republicans passed a couple of bills the last couple years young people and people of color and lower income about erly to be nervous voting and intimidate them from that. e believe through our educational system and everything we are trying to do we are going to make sure everyone can vote. if they all get to vote the sununu vetoedrnor the repeal of that law that the emocratic house and senate passed last year because it is clear and simple intimidation. look at what other republican governors are doing cross the country of purging roles and blocking people it is despicable. don't think there's anything more unmanner than trying to -- than trying to take the american's right to vote. lawyers great team of nd when wae elect a democratic

governor in november we will ave a democratic governor and e will appeal all of these absurd voter intimidation laws. host: there have been rumbling the democratic party that they think iowa and new hampshire should lose their nation status. part of the reason because both owa and new hampshire are heavily populated by whites. 93% ieve new hampshire is white and some say that is not representative of the democratic therefore new hampshire shouldn't go first with the promise mayors. -- primaries. how would you respond to that? uest: somehow those who wrote that editorial forgot it is four early states. then we go mpshire to nevada and then south carolina. election s the fourth cycle where we have had four.

it so all four regions are being represented. latino as a significant voting population and in south carolina the majority of people vote in the south carolina democratic primary are african-americans. o we wanted to make sure everybody has a voice in the process and everyone was able to make sure that the candidates heard from them directly. not two early states, to s four and will continue support our sister states moving forward. andhink when it is all said done all four states do a pretty good job. out for the ding third time to help in south carolina -- i mean in nevada -- head to south carolina as well. host: back to phone lines and calling atty who is from harrisburg, pennsylvania, on the democratic line. thank you for taking my call. i want to say i think the

amended ion should be so somebody running for president has held elected office before. think [indistinct conversation] and about -- excuse me - trump has [indistinct conversation]. host: let me interrupt. you are talking fast and it is hard to understand what you are saying. last statement one more time. these bigen trump has rallies he implies and stinct conversation] examples trying to -- he is seem like thisit happened to him and happened to hem and .indistinct conversation] host: let's james calling from san diego, california, on the

line.ican good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. he talks about voter fraud. stated everyone going o school there can sign up and vote in the primary. person can that also vote in the general election. in many states there have -- they are already a resident and they will receive ballot.tee do you ever caution anybody voting t violating and because they are subject to federal law if they vote in both states.e can you help me out with that one? guest: yes, thank you for that is a great ause it opportunity to mention to all of over ewers of c-span that the last 20 years nearly every people votingt of in new hampshire and another tate have been by a registered

republican. i think that there might have a n one instance where democratic voter in new hampshire was a young person. ut even in our general elections we find that e liking to seem to b vote in two states so we are on watching those republican voters. when it comes to student voters ot a single incident ever occurred where they voted in one state and also new hampshire. to judy from ck or the lipton, colorado, on democratic line. good morning. caller: you got me? host: go ahead, we hear you. for r: i cannot vote buttigieg. he uses has service as a crutch. he was not in the oval office to know what was going on. biden. vote for because he has taken us back and see it.an't

he is a good man but i cannot see going pwaback. i like amy, i like bloomberg, i like sanders. made up my mind but those are the ones i support. taking my call. the ray, what do you see turnout being for tuesday's primary? o you expect it to be a high turnout or low turn out? guest: the state does a pretty predicting turnout and it is roughly equivalent to near the historic turnout of 2008. but you never know. that very difficult to do becau prediction, make a because of same day voter reg treugs and he makes that -- registration and that is done on absentee ballots which tend to

toward to republicans. be an haps there will historic number. we will see tuesday night. host: let's talk to sharon who calling from southside, west virginia, on the republican line. morning. caller: good morning. i watched the democratic dinner night and i couldn't help but notice that you opened white women.o ithin had blond hair and the other was sun nasal. you call that tone deaf on the part of the democratic party put them out there like that? and it was the same in iowa. host: i think we lost sharon. ahead. guest: did you say they were white women? what she said host: that is what she said. uest: the first person that

came up in the evening was the mayor of the city of manchester craig, who happens to be a white woman. then the part of program was the new hampshire gay men's chorus inging the national anthem and president of the new hampshire high school democrats who is not a white woman but is a woman came out and did the pledge of allegiance. i was the next speaker. woman.t believe i'm a and the next person was the sure whatn so i'm not she is talking about. host: we would like to thank chair of new hampshire democratic party for being with us this morning and questionsall of these from or viewers and giving us up to date on tuesday's prime march. you so much. guest: thank you! host: we would like to thank all guests and viewers and those

who follow us online for being today's c-span "washington journal." keep in mind you can watch us gain tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. when we will have a new show. everyone, have a great sunday. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] allonday president trump they campaign rally in manchester, new hampshire at seven :00. watch our campaign coverage of live on c-span for free. or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪

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