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The balloting is done in the first town reporting in the historic First in the Nation primary.
Here are the results:
Republican:
Mike Huckabee | |
Mitt Romney | 2 |
Fred D. Thompson | |
John McCain | 4 |
Ron Paul | |
Rudolph W. Giuliani | 1 |
Duncan Hunter | |
Tom Tancredo | |
Democratic:
Barack Obama | 7 |
John Edwards | 2 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | |
Bill Richardson | 1 |
Joseph R. Biden Jr. | |
Christopher J. Dodd | |
Mike Gravel | |
Dennis J. Kucinich | |
And if any other news service had actual New Hampshire voting results earlier than we did, I want to hear about it.
Thanks for staying up late, James. So, on the Republican side, McCain got twice as many votes as Romney and four times as many votes as Giuliani, and no else got any votes at all. On the Democratic side, Obama, Edwards, and Richardson went Win, Place and Show.
Of course, this means nothing.
The Balsams is a huge sumptuous old hotel from the days before air conditioning was invented, and the well-to-do took refuge from summer weather in the coastal cities. New Hampshire is always the first primary election in the country, and The Balsams -- or is it technically Dixville Notch? -- is generally the first precinct that reports in.
I've been in the balloting room at The Balsams. It's not all that big, but the walls are lined with a truly fabulous collection of political memorabilia. If you're ever up that way, have a look.
Patrick has a large rock on a shelf above his desk that's from Dixville Notch proper.
Notice that Obama got more than twice as many votes as the other Dem. candidates put together. We'll see how that compares to the rest of the state when all the votes are tallied.
I've repeated the broadcast.
Thanks, and now you won't have to deal with the robocalls for another few years.
Photos soon.
P.S. The bar off the lobby in The Balsams knows how to make Gibsons.
History, and a good bartender too!
Reported by Jeralyn from TalkLeft
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.
How can this be? All the articles I've been seeing say that the voting is tomorrow, Tuesday.
It is tomorrow already in Dixville Notch; they have a traditional of opening their voting right after midnight on primary/election day.
Madeline F @ #9: Look at the timestamp... 12:02 AM. It is tomorrow already. Er. As it were.
(Dixville Notch makes a point of being the first of the first, so folks gather to cast their votes at midnight. I was unaware that they did it at The Balsams, which sounds quite lovely, indeed.)
James@6: at a recent fen party, the host was wandering around with a neon blue martini, purportedly the result of using blue gin. I suggested that if he only had an onion rather than an olive, it could properly be called a William Gibson.
Best remark of the night, after the results were posted (one Ron Paul supporter to another): "We tied Hillary! I'm good with that!"
Well, dang. 17 voters? All coordinated and willing to stay up past midnight. Dang.
I clicked the Dixville Notch link to get more info, and it says that last election the vote was 19 Bush 7 Kerry. Are there 9 recalcitrant Republicans locked in a bunker somewhere, against the chance of future scarcity?
It's interesting that NPR this morning hasn't got the kind of detailed coverage that Jim provides.
The weather today in the northeast is nicely symbolic. Springtime in America, indeed.
I predict Hilary has made her last visit to Dixville Notch.
I'm sure I've said it before, but I love it here.
Heh -- I note that Dixville Notch hasn't forgotten that Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich EXIST, even if noone voted for them.
I LOVE the idea of having 17 booths, one for each voter. Talk about individualizing the political process, which I suppose isn't all that radical in New England, home of Town Meetings.
Jon@16: I Hope it's not too symbolic, since what we have up here at the moment isn't actual spring -- merely a January thaw, which typically lasts only a day or two before the weather slams everybody back into the sub-zero deep freeze until March.
Madeline F @ 14
I clicked the Dixville Notch link to get more info, and it says that last election the vote was 19 Bush 7 Kerry. Are there 9 recalcitrant Republicans locked in a bunker somewhere, against the chance of future scarcity?
Nah, their heads exploded from too many robo-calls.
I was just trolling through the archives--something I do. Everybody knows they're full of gold, right? Gold, I tell you.
I was reading them through, and read this. I nodded along.
Comment 2 pointed out that you can't interpolate the results from one tiny town to the whole United States.
Except... when you can, oddly enough. Or you could have, this year.
How very odd.
Not only did they pick the same candidates the party would go on to pick, but they appeared to favor the winning candidate.
Hmmm.
And they did it again in 2012.
What in the world are the odds of that?
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