Friday 12th February 2016 at 8am – Assignment: Trump vs the Republicans in New Hampshire – PJ O’Rourke on the Campaign Trail
The New Hampshire primary is the first proper vote of the American Presidential election – but how will Donald Trump fare?
After all the debates, polls and bluster, voters get to choose their preferred candidate for President. This year New Hampshire is the moment of truth for the Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump. The polls say he is on his away to the nomination but the pundits are almost universally skeptical.
Conservative satirical journalist, PJ O’Rourke is a long time watcher of the Republican Party and a veteran of covering elections. He’s also a long-term resident of New Hampshire, a state so small that you don’t have to go looking for the candidates – they’ll find you. So in the last week of the New Hampshire primary, PJ goes on the campaign trail to discover whether voters will really choose a candidate who breaks all the rules of US politics.