Democratic voters seem to care less about whether candidates share their local sensibilities than about whether the contenders can beat President Trump. Neither Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who walloped Hillary Clinton in the 2016 New Hampshire primary, nor Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is running away with the New Hampshire vote. Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention in Manchester, N.H., in September. “The Democratic voters in New Hampshire are very similar to the Democratic voters in Massachusetts or Vermont or Maine. New Hampshire voters aren’t inclined toward a candidate just because that person lives nearby, he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2020 11:02 UTC