Exeter, New Hampshire, has more voters who register as independents than those who choose Democrat or Republican. That’s the pattern for the state as a whole where independents have held a narrow plurality since 2000.
In the state’s open primary system, undeclared voters as they are technically listed, often play a pivotal role. They can wait until the very last second to decide whether to weigh in on the Republican or Democratic races.
Exeter is the town we are following as part of our series called Primary Place. Recently, New Hampshire Public Radio’s Jon Greenberg met a number of independents as they participated in an unusually direct exercise in democracy.
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