A funny thing happened on the way to the Democratic and Republican nominations for president (“Sanders, Trump take N.H.,’’ Page A1, Feb. 10). If I had been asleep starting in June 2015, and awoke Wednesday morning to find that Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders had won the New Hampshire primary, I would have rubbed my eyes, convinced myself that I was dreaming, and returned my head to the pillow.

Sanders, a 74-year-old socialist with a Brooklyn accent, and Trump, a bloviating, bigoted billionaire, are as likely to win the presidency as yours truly, but here they are on top of the political world and leading their parties toward the November election. While there is still a long way to go, their victories in New Hampshire have given Sanders and Trump incredible momentum, and made it much more difficult for their opponents to overtake them.

This voter’s hope is that the results of the nation’s first primary will be the impetus for Michael Bloomberg to enter the race.

Henry A. Lowenstein

New York