‘We’ve dug our heels in’: is this the end of New Hampshire’s election clout?

Democrats have stripped the state of its first-in-the-nation status, potentially jeopardizing its influence over US politics

Every four years, for the past five decades, New Hampshire has found itself the center of both the media's and would-be presidents' attention.

Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are among the Democrats who have committed weeks to campaigning in the state, which has long held the country's first presidential primary. Over the years, national and international media have spent tens of millions of dollars on hotel rooms, rental cars, food and booze.