If you are still awake and following these results, it’s probably not just because you care about a few thousand votes in New Hampshire — you probably think that whether Sanders maintains his lead will be important in the upcoming primaries because of momentum. But if you are looking for evidence that runs counter to that conventional wisdom, check out this article by researchers Josh Clinton, Andrew Engelhardt and Marc Trussler. They find that how candidates do in primaries had little impact on their performance in subsequent primaries, at least in 2016.
