AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries

By ROBERT YOON
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary will test former President Donald Trump’s Republican front-runner status in a state he carried by a comfortable margin in the 2016 primary. But New Hampshire has a considerably more moderate electorate than the one that delivered Trump a big win in this week’s Iowa caucuses. Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary also will test former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s ability to establish herself as the main alternative to Trump, as she’s claimed on the campaign trail. On the Democratic side, President Joe Biden won’t appear on the ballot, since the contest violates the national party rules he pushed for. But Biden supporters have mounted a write-in effort on his behalf.