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Candidates say they want to build momentum with voters – but what is that actually worth?

  • Written by Daniel Palazzolo, Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Before the primary, Buttigieg said his campaign had the 'strongest momentum.'AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

“We are the campaign with the strongest momentum in the state of New Hampshire,” Pete Buttigieg told a crowd in Nashua last week.

“I’ve got the ‘Big Mo,’” said George H. Bush after winning the Iowa caucuses in...

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