New Hampshire Primary Kicks Off As Voters Pick Obama, McCain In Dixville Notch

Source: All Headline News

Matthew Borghese - AHN News Writer

Dixville Notch, NH (AHN) - Voters in the town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire have been the first in the country to cast their primary ballots when the polls opened on midnight, Monday. The village, which holds the longest continuous record of midnight voting, has 17 registered voters this year, who gathered at the Balsams Hotel to cast their ballots.

Among Democrats, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) won with 7 votes, followed by former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards with 2 votes and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson with 1 vote.

Republican voters picked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) with 4 votes, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 2 votes and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani with 1 vote.

Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009644270

He's running again though...
http://www.h4p.org/

:rofl:

and this time 10-7 dems.

In Hart's Location, Democrat Obama received nine votes, Hillary Rodham Clinton received three and John Edwards received one. Among Republicans, McCain received six, Mike Huckabee received five, Ron Paul received four and Mitt Romney one.

Residents of the two towns traditionally gather at midnight to cast the first votes of the first primary in the nation. State law allows towns of fewer than 100 residents to open polls after midnight and count the ballots once all registered voters have participated.

more: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/01/obama_mccain_win_in_first_new.html

...and then the media has the balls to suggest "age" has something to do with Hillary showing some emotion the other day? Give me a break. mccain actually thinks he's as fit as an 18 year old. I've got news for the fantasyland repug, HE'S 72. OLD!! F*CKING OLD!! I don't want some senile old fart who has 20 years TOPS to live, driving my country into a ditch so he can make the history books. I'd take 100 Obama's and his youth over any single 72 year old geezer. I'm close to his age myself, and he has to be kidding!

2004
Democratic Primary: (15 voters)

Wesley K. Clark - 8
John F. Kerry - 3
John R. Edwards - 2
Howard B. Dean III - 1
Joseph I. Lieberman - 1


Republican Primary: (11 voters)

George W. Bush - 11



General Election: (26 voters, 9 using absentee ballots)

George W. Bush - 19
John Kerry - 7

But what this vote does prove is that republicans don't want to run against Hillary, proving the mantra hummed by anti-Clintons over the last several months was a lie. There is a massive campaign in NH to get registered republicans to vote for Obama in the primary then vote against the Democrat in the general election.

But what else is new? lol

You do realize that only registered independents and Democrats can vote in the Democratic primary, don't you?

There are not "Independents" registered in New Hampshire, as there are in other states such as Florida. “Undeclared” in New Hampshire does not reflect an ideology as it does for "Independents" in other states.

Secondly, the number of registered republicans that have officially registered as "Undeclared" in NH is huge. And in this season, the falloff of Republicans to "Undeclared" is suspiciously noteworthy. Actively moving from Republican to "Undeclared" could be a sign of active political displeasure with the GOP, or could be Republicans who want to thwart Hillary as early as possible. However, since the falloff began before the GOPs candidates have secured their pecking order, the latter has the strongest logic for making a safe assumption. And statistical analysis provides an 80 percent figure of undeclared voters leaning toward one party or another. Only in the southern part of the state do undeclareds lean democratic. Andrew Smith, the director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center stated: "Most undeclareds are really partisan. This idea that there's a big bloc of people deciding between McCain and Obama, I don't see any evidence for that."

Thirdly, putting safe assumptions aside, the facts are on the ground as clear as boots in Iraq. Did you watch as McCain touted his appeal to undeclareds by singing the Lieberman aria in English?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixville_Notch%2C_New_Hampshire

:shrug:

And it turned out to be untrue.

Source: CNN

DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire (CNN) -- Voters in two New Hampshire hamlets cast their ballots Tuesday just after midnight in the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, hours before the rest of the state's polling places open.

The first ballots were cast in Dixville Notch, a hamlet of about 75 near the Canadian border.

People there favored Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary -- he got four votes -- and Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic contest, who won seven votes.

Obama and McCain also won in midnight voting in Hart's Location, population 42. The two senators hope to see those results duplicated statewide by the time all the votes are cast.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/08/nh.main/index.html

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Rick Erwin tallies the nation's first primary votes in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

How many times do they count the votes there?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3128872

Ok so the sample is pretty tiny thus far but believe it or not it is the start of a poll. I don't see things changing much at all. I love the fact that Richardson has one vote and Hillary none.

I also love to see Huckabee with none thus far.

The H's need to (H)ang it up.

Who was the nominee?

was released til the polls closed, because it would influence others who hadn't voted yet.

I suppose they think it is OK to release the vote count, that way they can encourage people to vote for Obama. Damn I guess the rules do change when you want a certain person to win.

Republicans are most untrustworthy.

if you're republican pretending to be something you're not.

However, should true democrats prevail because of the action, republicans can then scream bloody murder.

Like the screaming window bangers of Miami in 2000 - - republicans can pretend they are anything they want when the need arises.

Jamming telephone lines was only what they got caught at.

Edwards wins second place!
Nice third placing for Richardson too!

:+

Why does a small community not even a cross section of the US get so much attention? The novelty of this has now gotten to the point of a circus side show. Its time to completely overhaul this nations primary/voting systems.