New Jersey
On Feb. 9 at around 8:30 p.m., as the New Hampshire primary returns were still coming in, an aide to Jeb Bush told CNN that the former Florida governor's double-digit percentage showing amounted to "something of a win already." Bush ended up finishing fourth, more than 20 points behind the GOP winner Donald Trump.
When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was projected to lose her race against Sen. Bernie Sanders, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, a Clinton supporter, pointed out that New Hampshire is 2 percent African-American and 1 percent Latino — unlike the key states ahead.