we will talk to neil levesque, director of the new hampshire

for more onomorrow's primary, i spoke to neil levesque of the new hampshire institut of politics thanksmuch for being with us, neil. which democratic candidate seems to you to have the edge? >> well, right now bernie sanders really has -- his whole themig of his cam is that he's created a movement that lot of v who normally don'tand a vote to the polls. and that he can pull off ay victorecause of that. we've seen a lot of momentum with pe buttigieg, the 38-year-old mayor of indianapolis, who really -- or indiana -- who really has connected with voters here in a very interesting way. if anythin we've seen the campaign of joe biden, the former ve president of the united states, really slippingen in rec weeks. and it could be a bador night f him. >> are the undecided voters and also the independents in new hampshire something of ld card, though, neil, in this primary? >> they are. so just to put this in perspective, we have 280,000 registered democrats. but there are 410,000 registered inpendents or undeclared. tomorrow at the polls, an undeclared can come in and take a democratic ballot a

i want to begin by thanking neil lÉvesque who is the institute of politics. nd the new president here -- [applause] right here. and the man that allows neil to do what he does, and that is the new president here, and i want to thank him. [applause] and the entire team at the institute, for a very hard work and the strong collaboration between the wonderful organizations. and may i also think the new england council staff had by larry's a bar and pauline and katie who is here. is not easy to do. they did a wonderful, wonderful job, both stature i just want to say thank you again. another thank you as you look around the room, all of those banners, outstanding corporate citizens and neighbors are in this great state and in new england. they pay for all that we do here, and if you see anyone that is affiliated with any of these companies or corporations, thank them for being such a great corporate citizen of this great state. before i headed over to kneel to introduce our guest today i i t to quickly tell you about a few upcoming new england council district mone

our very good friend, neil levesque. [applause] very good friend, nel levesque. [applause] well, thank you very much. welcom neil: well, thank you very much. welcome to the new hampshire institute at st. anselm college. mr. sanders, thank you very much. i know this is probably a very vigorous time for you as well. it's wonderful to have you here as well. thank you. [applause] neil: doctor, thank you for your support. this institute is wonderful. one quick thing. there are a lot of journalists. i don't know if you noticed that. journalists, we work very closely with the journalists here nationally and locally and it's a profession that does not get its due. they are honorable people. we see that every day. they try to do the best they can with their job and they do a great job. and for all of you who are here, spending a lot of time away from your families covering new hampshire, we really appreciate that you're here. i ripped up my regular introduction of senator sanders the se i just want to tell story that we had senator sanders here on a saturday in april, a su

later on, neil levesque the head of politics at a college will talk about the primary.e will be right back. ♪ season,g this election the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed overtime. everywhere,n't be there is c-span. programming 2020 differs from all over political programming for one reason, it is c-span. we have brought you an unfiltered view of government every day since 1979. we are bringing you an unfiltered view of the people. in other words, your future. this election season, direct and unfiltered. see the biggest picture for yourself and make up your own mind. campaign 2020, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. ♪ isthe new hampshire primary tuesday. watch results and candidate speeches starting at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. back and we are going straight to new hampshire to talk about the first in the nation primary with james pindell, political reporter for the boston globe. james, good morning. guest: good morning. host: one of the things you have been working o

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 t