First 17 Votes Counted in New Hampshire: Obama and McCain Win
Posted on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 01:05:00 AM EST
Tags: New Hampshire 08 (all tags)
Update 12:05 am ET: The votes are in.
1 Giuiliani4 McCain
2 Romney
0 Huckabee
2 Edwards
1 Richardson
7 Obama
0 Clinton
Update: There was only two registered Democrats voting. The Independents at work:
In Dixville this year, there were three registered Republicans, two Democrats - one of whom registered Monday - and 12 who were undeclared. Hart's Location had eight Democrats, eight Republicans and 13 undeclared.
Update: Hart's Location results are also in:
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.
Hart's location had 8 Democrats, 8 Republicans and 13 Independents.
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Original Post Below: New Hampshire: First Voting Begins at Midnight Tonight
This is the Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville, Notch New Hampshire. Voting opens there tonight at midnight. In 2004, as is the tradition there, the town's 26 voters showed up right at midnight to vote. The polls closed a few minutes later. The state election law allows closure once all the town's voters have voted.
Who won there in 2004? Wesley Clark. When the state's entire votes were counted, John Kerry won and Howard Dean came in second. John Edwards and Wesley Clark were behind them.
In 2004, New Hampshire voters at exit polls said health care was the most important issue, that electability was a bigger factor than issues, and that John Kerry's experience was important to them.
Of the 33 percent in exit polls who said a candidate's electability was more important to them than the issues, more than half favored Kerry. His experience was also cited as a factor by many voters, according to the exit polls.
The exit polls indicated health care was the top issue on the minds of voters surveyed Tuesday morning. Twenty-six percent of respondents said health care and Medicare were the biggest factors in their votes.
200,000 voters, a record number, turned out for the 2004 Democratic primary in New Hampshire, despite below freezing temperatures.
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