11/85Percentage of trees in New Hampshire whose leaves turned red this fall: 13
Percentage whose leaves turned red 35 years ago: 9
8/87Campaign contributions made by George Bush’s PAC to Iowa and New Hampshire state candidates in 1986: $80,000
4/88Number of times that Richard Gephardt used the word “Establishment” in his Iowa stump speech: 25
In his New Hampshire stump speech: 3
2/92Percentage increase, during 1991, in the number of New Hampshire residents receiving food stamps: 47
2/92Average attendance at the largest rally held by each Democratic candidate in New Hampshire last November: 350
Number of people who attended a Ralph Nader rally in Nashua, New Hampshire, last November: 600
2/92Average approval rating, two months before the New Hampshire primary, of U.S. presidents who won a second term: 59
Approval rating of President Bush two months before the New Hampshire primary: 41
10/93Number of trips Bob Dole has made to New Hampshire and Iowa so far this year: 8
Number of the three tax increases supported by Ronald Reagan or George Bush that Dole voted for: 3
6/94Percentage change, since 1850, in the number of wooded acres in New Hampshire: +118
11/95Price of The New Hampshire Primer, a how-to book on winning the first presidential primary: $9.95
Estimated number there today: 2,500
11/98Number of wild turkeys in New Hampshire in 1968: 0
Number there today: 10,000
10/99Billions of gallons of water that the GOP reported released into a New Hampshire river in July for an Al Gore visit: 4
Billions of gallons actually released, and average amount released into the river each day, respectively: 1.67, 1.9
4/04Number of votes cast in New Hampshire’s Republican primary this year for write-in Democratic candidates: 8,092
3/08Chance that a University of New Hampshire student has taken Ritalin illegally: 1 in 6