MANCHESTER, N.H.—Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders hope to emerge from New Hampshire’s primary Tuesday with their first wins of the 2016 presidential election, victories that would boost credibility for both of these breakout campaigns.
State law requires polls to be open between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., but some opened as early as 6 a.m. and the last will shut down at 8 p.m. Except three tiny towns—Hart’s Location, Dixville and Millsfield—that have permission to open their polls at midnight and close them moments later once everyone had voted.
A key group will be the independent voters, officially known as “undeclared,” which make up 44 percent of registered voters. They can vote in either primary.
Trump leads a Republican field that has been in flux in the final days of campaigning across snowy New Hampshire. A rocky debate performance by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has jeopardized his chance to pull away from a trio of governors and firmly establish himself as the chief rival to Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
