New Hampshire Primary Election Trivia

Over the last 60 years, Romney's 2012 vote total is a relatively high percent of all votes cast combined in the combine primaries in New Hampshire per official vote totals from the New Hampshire secretary of state.

Of the leading NH vote getters, only Henry Cabot Lodge in 1964 and Hillary Clinton in 2008 failed to be nominated by their party. The candidate who was elected President has been in the top 3 every time except in 1992 when Bill Clinton came in 4th with 12.4%.

Year	% of ALL Votes Cast for Leader	Leading Candidate	2nd Place Candidate	3rd Place Candidate
1952	36.1%	Eisenhower	27.8% - Taft	15.3% - Kefauver
1956	68.3%	Eisenhower	26.2% - Kefauver	4.6% - Stevenson
1960	52.7%	Nixon	36.8% - Kennedy	7.5% - Fisher
1964	26.9%	Lodge	23.7% - Johnson	16.9% - Goldwater
1968	52.2%	Nixon	18.4% - Johnson	18.1% - McCarthy
1972	38.9%	Nixon	20.3% - Muskie	16.3% - McGovern
1976	28.9%	Ford	28.3% - Reagan	12.5% - Carter
1980	29.0%	Reagan	20.8% - Carter	16.4% - Kennedy
1984	39.8%	Reagan	23.6% - Hart	16.6% - Mondale
1988	21.1%	Bush (Sr)	15.9% - Dole	15.7% - Dukakis
1992	26.9%	Bush (Sr)	19.1% - Buchanan	17.0% - Tsongas
1996	26.2%	Clinton (Bill)	19.8% - Buchanan	18.4% - Dole
2000	29.4%	McCain	19.9% - Gore	18.6% - Bush (Jr)
2004	30.3%	Kerry	20.7% - Dean	18.9% - Bush (Jr)
2008	21.7%	Clinton (Hillary)	20.3% - Obama	16.9% - McCain
2012	32.2%	Romney	19.1% - Paul	16.1% - Obama

Comparing Obama's result to past incumbent Presidents running for reelection, all of those who only received about 1/2 the votes of their own party were not reelected, all of those above this mark were reelected.

Year	% of Party	Candidate	% of All Votes
1956	98.9	Eisenhower	68.3
1964	95.3	Johnson	23.7
1984	86.4	Reagan	39.8
1996	84.3	Clinton	26.2
2012	81.1	Obama	16.1
2004	79.8	Bush	18.9
1972	67.6	Nixon	38.9
1992	53.2	Bush	26.9
1976	50.1	Ford	28.9
1968	49.6	Johnson	18.4
1980	47.1	Carter	20.8
1952	43.9	Truman	12.3