New Hampshire has been favorable to Southern Democrats running for president during the last three decades. Jimmy Carter (Georgia) and Lyndon Johnson (Texas) each won the New Hampshire primary twice. Bill Clinton (Arkansas) came in second on his way to his first nomination. But John Edwards (North Carolina) was a distant fourth, and Ernest Hollings (South Carolina), Wilbur Mills (Arkansas) and Reubin Askew (Florida) finished well behind.

2004: John Kerry* (38.4%) Howard Dean (26.4%) Wesley K. Clark (12.4%) John Edwards (12.0%) Joseph Lieberman (8.6%) Dennis Kucinich (1.4%) Al Sharpton (0.2%)

2000: Al Gore* (50.4%) Bill Bradley (46.3%)

1996: Bill Clinton* (unopposed)

1992: Paul E. Tsongas 33.2% Bill Clinton* (24.8%) Bob Kerrey (11.1%) Tom Harkin (10.2%) Jerry Brown ( 8.0%)

1988: Michael Dukakis* ( 36.4%) Dick Gephardt (20.3%) Paul Simon (17.4%) Jesse Jackson (8.0%) Al Gore (6.9%) Bruce Babbitt (4.7%) Gary Hart (4.0%)

1984: Gary Hart (37.3%) Walter F. Mondale* (27.9%) John Glenn (12.0%) Jesse Jackson (5.3%) George McGovern (5.2%) Ronald Reagan (5.0%) Ernest F. Hollings (3.5%) Alan M. Cranston (2.1%) Reubin Askew (1.0%)

1980: Jimmy Carter* (47.1%) Edward M. Kennedy (37.3%) Edmund G. Brown Jr. (9.6%)

1976: Jimmy Carter* (28.4%) Morris K. Udall (22.7%) Birch Bayh (15.2%) Fred R. Harris (10.8%) R. Sargent Shriver (8.2%) Hubert Humphrey (5.6%) Henry M. Jackson (2.3%) George Wallace (1.3%)

*Went on to win nomination.

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