People cast their votes in Manchester, N.H.
Photo: Gabriela Bhaskar for The Wall Street JournalBrian Pfitzer, a parking attendant, was undecided on his Democratic primary vote when he left his home Tuesday morning for a polling station in Concord. He was considering Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar.
But when Mr. Pfitzer passed by a “Bernie beats Trump” oval bumper sticker in the gutter on his street, which he believes fell from a car, he took it as a sign. Mr. Pfitzer walked into the polling booth at a parish in Concord and cast his ballot for Mr. Sanders.
“I just felt a sense of loyalty,” he said. “It just seemed like I saw that bumper sticker for a reason.”
Devyn D’Orazio, an 18-year-old student from Manchester, took an online quiz Tuesday morning to see with which candidate he identified. Ms. Klobuchar and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg were tied for first. At the last minute he decided to support Mr. Buttigieg.
“He agreed with a lot of things I was going for,” Mr. D’Orazio said.
As they campaigned across the state in a cold drizzle, the leading Democratic candidates exuded optimism that undecided voters like these would end up on their side.
“I’m feeling fantastic, shaping up beautifully,” Mr. Buttigieg said as his supporters chanted “President Pete,” during one of multiple stops at polling places in the southern part of the state.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, greets supporters and voters outside Webster School on primary day.
Photo: Gabriela Bhaskar for The Wall Street JournalDuring one of her stops Tuesday, Ms. Warren ran into a woman dressed as a Statue of Liberty, mimicking Ms. Warren’s campaign color, “liberty green,” a light hue similar to sea foam. She also met a supporter who had brought along a liberty green colored dress, evoking Ms. Warren’s early campaign speeches when she spoke of “the dress that only comes out for weddings, graduations and funerals” to share a detail from her middle-class upbringing.
Mr. Sanders was greeted by a row of fans waving blue and white signs that said “Bernie” during a brief stop at a Manchester polling location. He shook hands with some of them before huddling with reporters. Mr. Sanders, who has been leading in polls here, projected confidence but declined to speculate about an outright victory, blaming the impeachment trial of President Trump for keeping him out of the state in the final days of campaigning.
Mr. Sanders of Vermont, Ms. Warren of Massachusetts, Ms. Klobuchar of Minnesota and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet had been going back-and-forth between Washington, D.C., and the campaign trail in the final weeks, including flying from New Hampshire to Washington for the final vote last week.
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to the media at a polling station in Manchester.
Photo: mike segar/ReutersWhile Mr. Sanders leads polls here, Mr. Buttigieg has made a clear move into second place according to recent surveys. They both claimed victory in last week’s Iowa caucuses. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Ms. Warren, both of whom led in the state at various points in the campaign cycle, have been put on the defensive. Ms. Klobuchar has been steadily moving up in recent polls.
Ms. Klobuchar stopped by two polling sites early Tuesday morning, where she shook hands with voters and thanked those who said they voted for her. “That means a lot,” she told them.
Ms. Klobuchar touted her lead in the early vote totals from three tiny New Hampshire towns that voted at midnight.
“We felt good about those early results in those gigantic voting locations up there,” she joked.
Supporters of Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren hold signs outside a polling site on primary day.
Photo: Gabriela Bhaskar for The Wall Street JournalA handful of candidates polling in the low single digits also held packed schedules, traveling throughout the state to make their pitch at polling locations, canvass launches and restaurants. For many of these candidates who failed to get delegates coming out of Iowa, New Hampshire is one of their last opportunities to turn around their struggling campaigns.
All but one major candidate was set to watch results with supporters Tuesday night. On Tuesday, the Biden campaign announced that the former vice president was traveling to South Carolina on Tuesday to attend a launch party
Before leaving the state, Mr. Biden made pit stops at a Dunkin’ Donuts and a polling location in Manchester, urging voters to support his candidacy.
Mr. Biden was greeted at the polling location by supporters and firefighters waving signs and chanting, “Fired up! Ready for Joe!” He poured cups of coffee from a Dunkin’ Donuts jug and passed them out to voters under a light drizzle.
“We’re still mildly hopeful here in New Hampshire, and we’ll see what happens,” Mr. Biden told reporters. But his decision to leave the state early turned off some voters.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., greets supporters outside a primary polling location in Manchester.
Photo: Holly Ramer/Associated PressAdnan Tanir, a 41-year-old IT systems administrator and professor, was between Mr. Biden, Ms. Warren and Mr. Sanders until Tuesday. He spent half an hour on the phone with organizers for Ms. Warren Monday evening and talked to volunteers for Mr. Biden Tuesday morning, but felt the Biden organizers didn’t have answers to his questions.
When he heard that Mr. Biden wasn’t going to stick around for results in New Hampshire he was further turned off, “I’m surprised he’s leaving New Hampshire, that’s not right,” he said. Mr. Tanir ultimately voted for Mr. Sanders.
-Joshua Jamerson and Ken Thomas in Manchester, N.H., Tarini Parti in Concord, N.H. and John McCormick in Nashua, N.H. contributed to this article.
Write to Eliza Collins at eliza.collins@wsj.com. and Sabrina Siddiqui at Sabrina.Siddiqui@wsj.com
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