New York City mayor and presidential candidate Bill de Blasio hit the stump in New Hampshire this weekend. For two days, he crisscrossed the state seeking audiences with prospective Democratic primary voters as he faces next week's deadline to qualify for the September presidential debate.

De Blasio has no staff in the first-in-the-nation primary state, and remains near the bottom of the polls there.

At a parade in Londonderry on Saturday, the mayor marched at the back of the pack with three staffers from the city. By contrast, large contingents of supporters for Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard all marched ahead of him. Former Maryland Congressman John Delaney was there with a team and a tour bus wrapped in his likeness. 

Still, de Blasio worked the crowd, snapping selfies and relaying his life-long love of the Boston Red Sox. His pitch did little to lock in voters, but several people who met him said they wouldn't rule him out.

"Could I support de Blasio if he was the finalist? Yeah," said Daniel Amick, who was marching with the Sanders contingent carrying his 10-month old son on his shoulders. But he added, "I think a lot would have to happen for that to be. But if you are asking if I would vote for de Blasio over Trump, without a thought."

At a house party in Laconia, near Lake Winnipesaukee, de Blasio encountered a warmer reception. Dorothy and her husband John Piquado, both retired teachers, sat front and center as the mayor delivered his stump speech on the lawn of a lake house. The Piquados arrived at the event as Warren supporters. But de Blasio's pitch persuaded them to reconsider.

"We thought we made our decision," John said, as Dorothy chimed in, "now we're going to have to think about it."

WNYC's City Hall and politics reporter Brigid Bergin joined Morning Edition host Richard Hake to discuss the mayor's trip to New Hampshire and how he plans to keep his campaign moving forward.