The audience also responded heartily to her veiled references to President Trump, whom she did not name. They rose to their feet and cheered when she denounced “his vanity project,” the wall on the southern border with Mexico.
Although Ms. Harris’s lack of history in the state might fly in the face of New Hampshire tradition, it does not seem to have hindered her in the slightest.
“There was some question about whether she was going to campaign here,” said Michael O’Leary, 62, a retired insurance manager. “But she made that commitment to retail politics, and that’s what people here expect.” He called her “fantastic.”
Ms. Harris has already hired a state campaign director, Craig Brown, as well as a political director here, Meredith Shevitz.
Dante Scala, a political scientist at the University of New Hampshire, said that with Ms. Warren and possibly Mr. Sanders in the race, New Hampshire was not an essential win for Ms. Harris, which may partly explain her late start.
“A third-place showing here would be fine,” he said. “For her, South Carolina is more of a make-or-break state.”
And in any event, he said, “she has California waiting for her,” referring to the earlier-than-usual 2020 primary in her home state that could play a major role in the nomination contest.
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