NEC Professors Report on NH Primary

THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE BEGINS HERE

New England College continues to make news as we approach the First-In-The-Nation Primary on Tuesday, January 10. Here is what to look for:

Dr. Wayne Lesperance, Professor of Political Science, offers his political insights on the New Hampshire Primary live on Sky News on election day and live on WGIR radio from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday evening. Visit the Sky News website at http://news.sky.com for Dr. Lesperance’s commentary during the day.

Dr. Ben Tafoya, Lecturer in Political Science, will be blogging live for WMUR-TV on election night. Check out his primary analysis from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at www.wmur.com.

Reporter Dan Rather will host a live broadcast covering the New Hampshire primary beginning at 7:00 p.m. on January 10. The production team from Dan Rather Reports gathered much of their supporting video over the course of College Convention 2012. You can follow his broadcast on HDNet at http://www.hd.net/programs/danrather.

Dr. Wayne Lesperance will be a guest on NHPR’s The Exchange on Wednesday, January 11. Live call-in show at 9:00 a.m. and rebroadcast at 8:00 p.m. Wayne and host Laura Knoy discuss the outcome of the New Hampshire primary.

How Did We Do?

Participants in College Convention 2012 conducted their own straw poll on the 2012 presidential election. Here are their choices:

Republicans
287 votes cast
196 votes for Jon Huntsman

Democrats
137 votes cast
87 for Barack Obama