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Road to the White House Mini-Lesson
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TOPIC: PRIMARIES & CAUCUSES (Wesley Clark in New Hampshire)
Event Date: 1/8/04 | Air Date: 1/11/04 |

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OVERVIEW
Kicking off the primary and caucus season, the Iowa caucuses take place Monday, January 19. The New Hampshire primary follows a wee later on Tuesday, January 27th. (To learn more, visit the Des Moines Register or the New Hampshire Political Library. The caucuses are party member meetings held in about 2,000 precincts across the state. At the Democratic meetings, individual caucus-goers register their vote by breaking out into "preference groups" for the candidates. At the New Hampshire state primary voters will go to polls to cast a ballot for their preferred candidate. (Rules for caucuses and primaries vary from state to state and between parties.)	Video Watch a clip with Wesley Clark appearing on a radio program in Concord, NH Watch entire Road to the White House program
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. 1. How important are Iowa and New Hampshire to the presidential nomination process? How many candidates who came in first in these two states have won the presidency? (Take a look at the voting histories of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. 2. Why did Wesley Clark choose to focus his campaign efforts in New Hampshire instead of Iowa? What are the pros and cons of this strategy? Is his strategy working to his advantage? Where are his opponents? What are their strategies? Will Wesley Clark's efforts in New Hampshire put him ahead of other Democratic candidates who will arrive there after the Iowa caucuses? 3. Will the outcome of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary affect the way in which Democratic candidates campaign in other states? (See the campaign calendar). 4. Is the outcome of the New Hampshire primary more important than that of the Iowa caucus in determining a party's presidential candidate?
STUDENT ACTIVITY
In which states will the candidates focus their campaign efforts next? (Use the campaign calendar, the Electoral College Map, and the Follow a Campaign student worksheet.) What is the most important primary date following the New Hampshire primary? Why? APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE: What will the pool of Democratic candidates look like at various stages in the campaign calendar between the New Hampshire primary and the Democratic National Convention on July 26-29 in Boston, MA? Draw a timeline showing who will be left and when.

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