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diabeticman

(3,121 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 06:55 AM Nov 2012

Obama, Romney Tie in Dixville Notch

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-romney-tie-dixville-notch-060345664--abc-news-politics.html
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10 total votes may not mean much in the grand scheme of things but it is interesting.

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Obama, Romney Tie in Dixville Notch (Original Post) diabeticman Nov 2012 OP

I love the idea of Dixville Notch SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2012 #1

Well, they blew it this time. Saving Hawaii Nov 2012 #2

Half the voters are gone because the lodge closed CreekDog Nov 2012 #4

So it's due to an absence of goo-goo voting. HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #7

That's the closest Mittens is going to get today nt NoGOPZone Nov 2012 #3

At Hart's Location, Obama took 23 votes to MoneyBooBoo's nine. MADem Nov 2012 #5

What is Dixville Notch? A town? nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #6

tiny town in NH justabob Nov 2012 #8

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)

1. I love the idea of Dixville Notch

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:02 AM

Nov 2012

Just a really cool tradition.

Dixville Notch has a 61.5% record of choosing the eventual winner of the general election (since 1960).

Saving Hawaii

(441 posts)

2. Well, they blew it this time.

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:04 AM

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CreekDog

(46,192 posts)

4. Half the voters are gone because the lodge closed

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:37 AM

Nov 2012

so you'll notice just 10 voters this time, versus 21 in 2008.

not quite the same this time.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/2506528-95/dixville-balsams-resort-closed

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

7. So it's due to an absence of goo-goo voting.

Reply to CreekDog (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:14 AM

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NoGOPZone

(2,971 posts)

3. That's the closest Mittens is going to get today nt

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:33 AM

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MADem

(135,425 posts)

5. At Hart's Location, Obama took 23 votes to MoneyBooBoo's nine.

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:11 AM

Nov 2012

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57545548/first-election-day-voters-in-two-tiny-n.h-locations-give-obama-lead/

First Election Day voters, in two tiny N.H. locations, give Obama lead

...After 43 seconds of voting, President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each had 5 votes in Dixville Notch.

In Hart's Location, Mr. Obama won with 23 votes, Romney received 9 and Libertarian Gary Johnson received 1 vote. Thirty-three votes were cast in 5 minutes, 42 seconds.

The towns have been enjoying their first-vote status since 1948, and it's a matter of pride to get everyone to the polls.

Hart's Location Selectman Mark Dindorf says you could call it a friendly competition to see who gets votes tallied first, although he says Hart's Location is a town and Dixville Notch is a precinct.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

6. What is Dixville Notch? A town? nt

Reply to diabeticman (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:12 AM

Nov 2012

justabob

(3,069 posts)

8. tiny town in NH

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:21 AM

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Dixville Notch is best known in connection with its longstanding middle-of-the-night vote in the U.S. presidential election, including during the New Hampshire primary (the first primary election in the U.S. presidential nomination process). In a tradition that started in the 1960 election, all the eligible voters in Dixville Notch gather at midnight in the ballroom of The Balsams. The voters cast their ballots and the polls officially are closed one minute later. The results of the Dixville Notch vote in both the New Hampshire primary and the general election are traditionally broadcast around the country immediately afterwards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixville_Notch,_New_Hampshire

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