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first votes counted in New Hampshire
1:30 am on January 8th, 2008 by Ariel Werner
As you may or may not know, two small New Hampshire towns hold the distinct honor of voting before their fellow state citizens. The residents of
Dixville Notch and
Hart’s Location cast their ballots at midnight on primary day. The results,
courtesy of CNN:
In Dixville Notch, they gave Sen. John McCain an early lead in the GOP race and Sen. Barack Obama a lead in the Democratic contest. McCain garnered four votes, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with two and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with one. Obama, fresh off a victory in the Iowa caucuses, took seven votes. Former Sen. John Edwards won two votes, and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson got one. Sen. Hillary Clinton drew no votes among the 10 Democrats casting ballots in Dixville Notch, a hamlet of about 75 people near the Canadian border.
In Hart’s Location, population 42, Obama received nine votes, Clinton three and Edwards one, The Associated Press reported. On the GOP side, McCain received six, Mike Huckabee five, Ron Paul four and Romney one.
For more info: the Boston Globe had an interesting piece today on the history of the midnight primaries in Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location. In other news, I just returned from Obama’s last major appearance before the polls open, a rally at Concord High School, and OH BOY do I love this man. To those of you who might be cynical, call me up when I’m back in town. I’ll show you the footage I took on my digicam and we’ll see if you don’t shed a tear or two.
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