USA: Republican candidate Newt Gingrich visits a polling station on the morning of the New Hampshire primary in a last ditch effort to connect with voters

Record ID: 346494

  • Title: USA: Republican candidate Newt Gingrich visits a polling station on the morning of the New Hampshire primary in a last ditch effort to connect with voters
  • Date: 11th January 2012
  • Summary: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 10, 2011) (REUTERS) CAMPAIGN BUS FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE NEWT GINGRICH PARKED IN FRONT OF POLLING STATION BANK OF SIGNS AT ENTRANCE TO POLLING STATION GINGRICH AND HIS WIFE, CALLISTA, WALKING THROUGH CROWD THRONG OF MEDIA GINGRICH AND HIS WIFE POSE WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTER GINGRICH AND HIS WIFE WALKING BACK TO CAMPAIGN BUS
  • Embargoed: 26th January 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA7WO7M3SJDXXKMKS2TH5UXZZR2
  • Story Text: Former Speaker of the House and Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich visited a polling station in Manchester on Tuesday (January 20) as voters began to cast their votes in the the New Hampshire Republican primary election.

    As Gingrich and his wife Callista climbed out of the campaign bus, they were thronged by media, instead of voters. A group of bystanders chanted "Four more years, Obama!" as Gingrich and his wife made their way through the crowd.

    Gingrich, 68 was recently the popular conservative alternative to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, but his surge may have come too early. In the Iowa caucuses, he plunged to fourth place from first in polls after being pummeled by negative ads from his rivals criticizing him for his past as a Washington power-broker.

    A Suffolk University/7 News tracking poll on Tuesday showed Romney with 37 percent support among New Hampshire voters, versus 18 percent for Paul, 16 percent for Huntsman, 11 percent for Santorum, 9 percent for Gingrich and 1 percent for Texas Governor Rick Perry.

    Winners of the small New England state have had mixed success in getting their party's nomination, a fact that raises questions about the primary's relevance. John McCain won the Republican primary in 2000 but lost the bid to George W. Bush. In 2008, Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary but the party nod went to Obama.

    Critics of the New Hampshire primary say it is arcane, unrepresentative and given undue media attention. Defenders say it acts as a leveler between the more politically conservative Iowa and South Carolina Republican contests.
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