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November 4, 2008

Obama takes early lead

…and a very small lead at that. In the county of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire polls open on election day at midnight and close one minute later. This year, 21 eligable voters of the 75 person county showed up to cast their ballots and Obama leads with 15 votes to 6 for John McCain. Voter turnout for the county was 100%.

The county however usually has a Republican bias. The people of Dixville Notch picked Republicans in 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1976, and 1972.

Of course, the county is not a representative sample but shows some early good news for Barack Obama.


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  • batb
    I've been thinking ... whatever happens, it's going to be a win-win for Obama and McCain:

    Whoever wins the election, becomes the POTUS--the goal of the past two years of electioneering.

    Whoever loses the election, gets his life back (which'll probably make his wife happy).

    Smiles all around ... right?
  • Looking forward to the overall results in a few hours. Yes We Can America!!!!
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  • I hope he takes it. It would be weird if he didn't and I would assume it was fixed if that was to happen.

    I also hope the democrats don't get too much power and that more people vote Libertarian.

    http://www.lp.org/introduction/what-is-the-libe...

    but I'm not sure how things work down there. Do you get to vote for President/party/candidates/whatever separately?
    because I hope thats the case.

    I mostly only follow our own politics and how things work then down there.

    I'd of voted for Obama and for the Libertarian candidate.
    (or democrat/republican based on their independence/non-partisanship of the individuality and ideas.)

    but like I said, I'm not sure how it works done there.
  • East of Eden
    No - basically, individuals vote for people to vote for them. Google electoral college for a fuller explanation. The National Post ran an article a couple of days ago on how it works. It's not like ours. It leaves room for bought botes in the electoral college. The system dates back to the pony express days when it would take to long to bring in all the ballots from across the country. It makes me think of voting through somebody else and not directly. As I say - google "electoral college" and you'll find explanations.
  • Hmm, very interesting.

    I'll be sure to read up on it.

    Thanks.
  • simon
    Cranky...Did I get caught in a time warp?...President Hubert Humphrey ?...Come On !!
  • RGM
    If Obama's at a 5:2 ratio already, that's not a good omen for McCain. But it's plenty early yet.
  • Is it a small lead? The people of Dixville Notch have voted Denocrat only once since 1960...

    http://maxwell-devin.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama...
  • Cranky or Just a Crank
    It may be a good omen for Obama.

    President Humphrey took the Notch back in 1968 and rode that wave to victory.
  • One of my favourite episodes of West Wing is about this place.
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Stephen Taylor is a scientist, political analyst and a blogger. Taylor writes here regularly and is the founder of bloggingtories.ca. Taylor has contributed to Macleans, CTV, talk radio and has been a featured speaker on new media at numerous events including the Western Standard Cruise and the Forum for Public Policy. In December 2008, Taylor organized Rally for Canada, a series of rallies held coast-to-coast to protest the proposed coalition government.