New Hampshire’s “stranglehold” on the way we pick presidents could be losing its grip. The Democratic Party changed its presidential nominating calendar to give voters of color more sway. But New Hampshire isn’t backing down, setting up a major test of the stranglehold and its power.

While most of the candidates are either celebrating or conceding in New Hampshire, one former front runner is conspicuously absent from a party in his honor. In this special episode, produced in the midnight hours after the 2020 N.H. primary, we take you to a campaign headquarters that’s missing its candidate, and speculate what the election results may mean for the future of the New Hampshire primary.

The N.H. presidential primary is here and the stranglehold is on full display. We take you behind the scenes of one of the craziest weeks in American politics. Want to make sure NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Donate $20 today right here: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

There is nothing New Hampshire is more famous for than the presidential primary. And that fame has a value of its own. A value greater than dollars spent or earned. In this episode, we try to answer the question: How does that value help to explain this state’s stranglehold on the presidential nominating process? Want to make sure NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Donate $20 today right here: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

After caucus chaos, many in New Hampshire are wondering: If Iowa gets punished for this mess, will New Hampshire take a hit too? Want to make sure NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Donate $20 today right here: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

As we hold up the mirror to ourselves and our colleagues, we see just how much the local media has helped maintain the so-called Stranglehold. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Special thanks to Felice Belman, Ralph Jimenez, Sarah Koenig, Alec MacGillis, and Scott Spradling. Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

Sometimes, it takes a bunch of outsiders to rattle the cage of a bunch of insiders. Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Want to make sure NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Donate $20 today right here: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

We spend a day on the trail, chasing a myth: Can New Hampshire catapult a struggling campaign all the way to the White House? Or are some campaigns just deluding themselves? Want to make sure NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Donate $20 today right here: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

You may have heard New Hampshire isn’t TOTALLY first in the nation. We invited Kate Payne and Clay Masters, hosts of the Caucus Land podcast from Iowa Public Radio, to talk about how Iowa got that first spot. Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support. Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

We take you inside the world of local politicos whose endorsements are courted by some of the most powerful people in American politics. Want to make sure NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Donate $20 today right here: www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is the story of how one small state got its hands around the way we pick presidents - and won’t let go. It’s a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

New Hampshire's primary date has been set - it's February 11th. Remember when Secretary of State Bill Gardner said he'd let us interview him after he set that date? Well, we've run into Gardner several times since we started this podcast. And he had some interesting things to say about our reporting, as well as politics, diversity, and ongoing threats to the New Hampshire Primary, Stranglehold is possible because of listener support. Click here to make your donation today and you'll be entered to win a $1000 Airbnb gift card. But wait, there's more! New sustaining members at any level can receive NHPR's new, cozy socks. https://www.strangleholdpodcast.com/

Is the New Hampshire primary dying? Or is it alive and well? This week, local politicos lead us through two very different types of candidate events to find the answer. Stranglehold is possible because of listener support. Click here to make your donation today and you'll be entered to win a $1000 Airbnb gift card. But wait, there's more! New sustaining members at any level can receive NHPR's new socks. https://www.strangleholdpodcast.com/

There’s a drab office in the NH statehouse that for two weeks every 4 years amounts to a pilgrimage site for would-be presidents. This week we’ll take you inside that office, where candidates of all kinds have been formalizing their candidacies. We’ll unpack why something so fundamentally bureaucratic as filing paperwork to get on the N.H primary ballot has become a ritual with deep significance for those with a stake in NH’s first-in-the-nation status. Stranglehold is an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support.  Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio,

The New Hampshire town hall has long had a special place in the first-in-the-nation primary story. It’s a forum where normal people can have real interactions with presidential candidates. But lately, it's starting to feel like those interactions are being co-opted by outside forces. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org

In New Hampshire, presidential politics is kind of like a state sport…and just like football, it can get it a little rough. In just a few months, voters in New Hampshire will send some presidential candidates limping out of the Granite State and maybe lift others to future victories. But do New Hampshire voters value that privilege? Do they deserve it? Are they doing the hard work it takes to vet candidates for the rest of the country? Let’s hear from voters themselves. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support.  Stranglehold is an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio,

For decades, New Hampshire could stand its ground and knock down anybody that tried to steal its prized possession. We're gonna tell you about some of the people who just wouldn't bow down to New Hampshire, and how that ended up working for them...But how long can a state hold on? Battle lines are being redrawn, and these days the threats aren’t coming from the usual suspects. National politics, the media, technology, it’s all changing. And the N.H. primary can’t escape it. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support.   Stranglehold is an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio,

Every four years, a caravan of national news networks descends on a remote corner of New Hampshire to broadcast the first results from the first-in-the-nation primary. At first glance, Dixville Notch seems to showcase the New Hampshire primary at its finest – and most photogenic: Snow-capped mountains. Old-timey wooden ballot box. 100% voter participation. It’s storybook democracy set against a picture-perfect background. But look a little closer and you’ll see, there’s more — a lot more — to the story. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support.  Stranglehold is an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio,

Jimmy Carter’s 1976 N.H. primary campaign gave New Hampshire one hell of a gift: the state’s best argument for why it deserves the privileged status of having the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. And it also gave a lot of politicos in this state their ticket to power. Stranglehold is an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support.   Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio,

One man has built a reputation as "the guardian" of New Hampshire’s most sacred political institution. Some consider him an icon. Others say he’s a problem.  Stranglehold is an investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. Learn more at www.strangleholdpodcast.org Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Stranglehold? Click here to donate. Thanks for your support.   Stranglehold is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio,

How one small state got its hands around picking our presidents - and why it won't let go. An investigation into the power and people behind the New Hampshire Primary, and a political story unlike any you've heard before. From New Hampshire Public Radio.  www.strangleholdpodcast.org Tweet us @StrangleholdPod Email us: strangleholdpodcast@nhpr.org