It’s a bracing I-can’t-feel-my-hands, there’s-snow-on-my-neck, why-won’t-my-car-heat-up-faster kind of cold that calls for heavy duty boots, long underwear and plates of comfort food.
These were the sub-zero conditions that roughly 500 reform-minded activists faced as they marched south from Dixville Notch, down the roads and highways of the frozen-over Granite State last month. No cars, no heaters, no stopping — except for an emergency peanut butter sandwich. They slept in the homes of supporters, in public libraries, in church basements and in a camping lodge nestled on the nape of Mount Washington in the state’s picturesque north country.
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A candidate running in 2016 might be smart to do the same. As few as 200,000 voters could participate in the primary, so a few thousand votes could mean everything in a crowded field of candidates.
“If 50,000 voters in New Hampshire made this a central issue, then presidential campaigns would begin to notice that the difference between winning and losing in New Hampshire will turn on where they stand on this issue,” Lessig said. “If we can achieve that in New Hampshire then there is a possibility that this will spread around the country as well.”
