MANCHESTER, N.H. – On the eve of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, and with a healthy snowstorm swirling through the region, the New Boston Post took to the streets of the Granite State's 'Queen City' to gauge the pulse of voters in New Hampshire as they prepared to go to the polls Tuesday.
And apparently many miles south of Presidential Range peaks, the bloodline of elected American greatness runs thick, for here in Manchester there's a man who walks the streets and has already made up his mind – his name is James Birch, and he says he's related to former President Bill Clinton.
One reason Ted Cruz, the Republican Iowa caucus winner last week, isn't faring as well in New Hampshire polling may be because the Texas senator's appeal to evangelical Christian voters falls largely on deaf ears.
The Granite State is the least devout place in the U.S., according to Gallup surveys of those who say they are "very religious." In New Hampshire, that amounted to just 1 in 5 people, Gallup said on Friday, the lowest ratio of any U.S. state. Three other New England states follow close behind, including Massachusetts.
