The results are in: New Hampshire Primary

Despite Monday’s snowstorm, WBRU News made the trek to cover the New Hampshire Primary. We’re reporting from the New Hampshire streets and polling stations to give you a sense of what voters are thinking about today, the first primary of this year’s presidential election. Stay tuned — we will be posting updates throughout the day, including at the candidates rallies’ tonight. Results (As of Feburary 10th, 5:49 AM)  Bernie Sanders 54% (Democratic Winner) Hillary Clinton 37% Donald Trump 43% (Republican Winner) John Kasich 13% Ted Cruz 8% Jeb Bush 8% (Source: Election results from the Associated Press).  8 PM Bernie Sanders is the democratic winner of the New Hampshire Primary. 7:30 PM  Three students from Wake Forest University are camped out at Marco Rubio’s primary party at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. Chizoba Ukairo, Kelci Hobson, and Camry Wilborn are participating in “Wake the Vote,” a program that’s bringing 21 Wake Forest students around the campaign circuit — from the Iowa caucuses last week to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions this summer. During “Wake the Vote,” students do not only observe on politics on the sidelines, but actively participate in the process by randomly being assigned candidates to work for. “No one in my family has ever voted in a primary,” Wilborn said. “We just thought you were supposed to vote in the national election; we didn’t think that it really mattered.” Wilborn says that through “Wake the Vote,” she is developing a better understanding of how the political system works. And Wilborn’s bringing this perspective back to her campus, engaging students in conversations about issues that matter to them, topics like national security, income disparity, and making higher education more affordable. In New Hampshire, candidate Marco Rubio came in fifth-place, after coming unexpectedly in third place at the Iowa caucuses. “I’m disappointed tonight, but our disappointment is not on you. It’s on me,” Rubio said. “I did not  — I did not do well on Saturday night. So listen to this: that will never happen again.”  By Saturday, Rubio was referring to his performance in the most recent Republican Presidential Debate. In New Hampshire this morning, Rubio encountered demonstrators dressed as robots. A former Occupy New Hampshire organizer Ryan Hirsch says the demonstrators decided to show up in this attire to point out Rubio’s “robotic rhetoric.” Robert Ruben from Portsmouth, New Hampshire says that he’s still hopeful about Rubio’s campaign, despite tonight’s loss. “I believe Rubio can really unite the conservative wing of the Republican Party,” Ruben said. In response to criticism about Rubio’s “robotic rhetoric” during Saturday’s debate, Ruben says you can’t judge a candidate by “five minutes in the spotlight … that we need to look beyond these soundbites and look at the character of a person, what they have to offer.” 7 PM  Tonight, Hillary Clinton hosted an event at Southern New Hampshire University. Supporters appeared to be excited, despite Clinton’s loss in the primary. They followed Clinton’s remarks about equal pay for women and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan with cheers and applause. At the rally, there were supporters from Oregon, Missouri, and even a group of students from England, bracing the campaign trail to learn more about the American political system. Clinton was accompanied by her daughter Chelsea and her husband Bill, who appeared to be whispering along at points in his wife’s speech. However, the noticeable lack of young people in the room is a reflection of the primary’s results. An NBC exit poll found that more than 80 percent of voters under the age of 30 voted for Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire. Clinton addressed this gap, and the need to reach out to younger voters, in her closing speech. “I know I have some work to do, particularly with young people,” Clinton said. “Even if they are not supporting me now, I support them.” 4:45 PM  At Londonderry High School, WBRU News talked with voter about politics, and even got the chance to talk with someone on the ballot. The school served as a polling center for today’s primary. In front of the high school, Presidential Candidate Vermin Supreme talked with WBRU News about fascism, Supreme’s loyal constituents, and his highly-publicized pony policy. (Basically, if elected, Supreme wants to give everyone in America a free pony). Supreme says his goal for this election is to get 1,000 voters. It costs $1,000 to enter the race for President, and Supreme says he’s aiming to “get the cost per vote down to one dollar per vote.” Trump and Sanders supporters alike stood outside of the polling center and tried to convince undecided voters that their candidate was the right choice. David Lundgren, a Londonderry native, says he voted for Carly Fiorina, and is advocating that others do the same. Lundgren says Fiorina is someone he can trust. “I looked at all of the candidates when they first started running…I like the fact that I can actually say I trust her, which is huge. I think she is real and would do this country proud,” he said. 4 PM  On Tuesday afternoon, Manchester Community College was fairly quiet, after being packed the night before with a Hillart Clinton speech  — an event attended by Granite State natives and people from across the country. As Jeb Bush supporters set up for his primary viewing party tonight, three students murmured to each other, “what are they doing …. we don’t care.” Two students from Manchester Community College spoke with WBRU News about raising awareness about voting on their campus. Amanda Kiley and Felipe Salas-Ogilvie say getting involved and staying up to date on politics can be challenging, when you are juggling classes, homework, and part-time jobs like many students at Manchester Community College, who are anywhere between 18 and over 50-years-old. The right to vote, “it’s a wonderful privilege that we have,” Salas-Ogilvie said. “So we’re just trying to raise awareness.” When he’s not engaged in political organizing, Salas-Ogilvie says he works a part-time and a full-time job, helping a man with spinal motor atrophy who can’t move. With the help of their campus librarians, Kiley and Salas-Ogilvie made fliers to inform people about the different candidates positions in today’s primary. 3 PM  Ted Cruz coming out of the Red Arrow Cafe in Manchester. He dropped a few lines about his identity as a conservative candidate, among other topics. And this very decked out “Cruz-er” braced the Manchester streets. 2 PM  This afternoon, voters at the polling station in the Manchester Health Department on Elm Street expressed support for a variety of candidates. Multiple voters mentioned that equality for all people, social security, care for the elderly, and health insurance are among the topics they are thinking about while casting their votes today. Brett Burkhardt, a 26-year-old stage manager at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, says he wasn’t planning on voting today. Burkhardt says he changed his mind this morning, after talking with a friend, and then headed to the polling station. In this election, “There are lots of freedoms at stake for people who aren’t Caucasian white males,” Burkhardt said. “There’s a lot at stake, which is great, because it makes people want to go out and vote.” (Note: WBRU News was planning on covering Donald Trump’s primary party, but was prevented from attending the event due to a mix-up involving Trump’s Press Office. We apologize for the lack of coverage).