Former US Sen. Humphrey among 100 members of 'NH Independents for Biden' coalition

[Gothmog]

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Former Republican U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey and former New Hampshire First Lady Dorothy Peterson are among 100 independent Granite State voters announcing their support for former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday.

The Biden campaign said 93 of the 100 “New Hampshire Independents for Biden” are making their support for the former vice president known for the first time. The other seven have been previously announced and are reaffirming their support as members of the grassroots coalition.

The campaign said it intends to make a broad, concerted effort to speak to independent voters over the next six weeks leading to the first-in-the-nation primary on Feb. 11.

Independents, formally known as undeclared voters, make up the largest voting bloc in the state. As of Oct. 30, they comprised 42 percent of the registered voters in the state, while Republicans were 29.5 percent and Democrats were 28 percent of New Hampshire voters.

Independents can take either a Democratic or a Republican ballot in primary elections and then are able to return to undeclared status if they wish.

The Biden campaign said the independent voters on its supporters’ list “believe Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat President Trump and restore the soul of our nation.”

[George II]

1. That's a huge bloc of prominent INDEPENDENT supporters fanning out across the state.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Hubert's endorsement from the Great Beyond?

Yeah... I'm old.

[Gothmog]

3. It is Gordon Humphrey

[Dennis Donovan]

4. I was making a joke.

[Gothmog]

6. You and I are both old enough to remember HHH

[dware]

10. As am I. nt.

[PatSeg]

11. That kind of threw me off at first!

Had to check what decade I was in!

[justhanginon]

5. That was my first thought also. Yeah, I'm old too!

I think my first presidential vote was for JFK. A long time ago.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. That was my first thought, too

Humphrey was also a mentor to Jimmy Carter, encouraged his presidential run, and advised fellow VP Walter Mondale.

[Dennis Donovan]

18. Too bad he wasn't elected POTUS

...simply because he was a better choice than Nixon. Also, because he would be another POTUS whose first initial and last initial were the same, like:
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Ronald Reagan

...well, come to think of it, that's a shitty list of POTUSes.

Withdrawing my "too bad".

[corbettkroehler]

7. Another Method Of Expanding The Electorate

is by attracting a LARGER number of independent Granite Staters to participate in the NH primary. CBS/YouGov's latest polling, released today, shows Sanders doing a better job of just that.



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[read the full CBS News report here]

[Scurrilous]

8. K&R

[Gothmog]

9. NH team announces '100 NH Independents for Biden.'

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[Gothmog]

12. "I trust him to restore calm and rationality to the White House in place of temper tantrums and twee

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[Gothmog]

13. Now more than ever we need @JoeBiden 's strong, experienced leadership to unite our nation and defe

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[oasis]

14. "Muriel and I are as proud as punch to support Joe in his presidential bid"

[Cha]

15. Thanks Goth!

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. K&R

[TexasTowelie]

19. K&R! nt