Obama wins in earliest vote

[onehandle]

Source: AP

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. – Democrat Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch, N.H., where the nation's first Election Day votes were cast and counted early Tuesday.

Obama defeated John McCain 15-6. Independent Ralph Nader was also on the ballot, but received no votes.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_el_pr/new_ham...

[MadMaddie]

1. Awesome!!!

[Gregorian]

2. Yeah! Until just now I didn't know what it was.

I love it. There's way more to politics than I ever dreamed.

Plus, yippee!

[Justitia]

5. Trust me, now you're hooked! -eom

[goclark]

3. Keep it coming-

[progressivebydesign]

4. AP fails to mention there that it's the first time in 40 years a Democrat won there! n/t

[nancyr]

6. That's good to hear.

[heliarc]

19. I'm speechless.

The cheer at the end. Like everyone there knows history has been made. This is remarkable footage. Truly remarkable.

[suninvited]

50. I was wondering about that when I heard

it on the news this morning.

[Mollis]

7. How was there 21 votes...

when it says there are 19 registered voters?

[Omnibus]

9. Mickey Mouse and Tony Romo also voted.

DAMN YOU ACORNNNNNNN!

[VWolf]

52. LMAO!!!

You slay me!

[kimmylavin]

28. 2 absentees.

You can see them get cast by the official.
This is so much fun!

[Dems4me]

8. I hope it's first in a trend that goes national! n/t

[Haole Girl]

10. WOOHOO!!

A win is a win!!

[ScottytheRadical]

12. I believe Bush beat Kerry here by several votes in 2004...

And that this, Obama winning 15-6, represents an almost complete reversal of the 2004 result. And New Hampshire is supposed to be a state that's friendly to McCain...hmmm...if this trend holds up around the country, we're looking at a landslide for Obama.

[Joe Bacon]

11. Zero for Nader!

Ruck You, Falph!

[workinclasszero]

24. Oh yeah! Fuck U Nader!!!

buhahahHAHAHAHA!

[4lbs]

13. To add to this, some more about 1968, the last time it went Democratic.

It's a great sign that a normally Republican area went heavily for Obama, the first time a Democrat won it in 40 years.

Yes, it will be mentioned that when Humphrey won it in 1968, he still lost the General Election to Nixon.

However, it must be noted that Humphrey was down by double-digits to Nixon in the latest polls before the 1968 election, so it was very likely he wasn't going to win anyway.



http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/...

<snip>
NIXON-HUMPHREY, 1968. During general election campaigning, most polls showed Democrat Hubert Humphrey trailing Republican Richard Nixon by double-digits. Many blue-collar Democrats had thrown their support to American Independent Party candidate George Wallace. But as the election neared, many Wallace supporters shifted to Humphrey and the election ended up closer than expected in key states and overall. Nixon won the popular vote by about 512,000 votes, or one percentage point.
<snip>



It is different this time, not only does the Democrat have a 7 to 12 point lead in national polls, he also won a typically Republican bellweather area of New Hampshire.

[Divine Discontent]

14. Looks like Obama is "closing the deal" as the morons like to ask about him constantly!

this is awesome to hear! just a few votes - but it's the first time a DEM has won in over 3 decades!

Many different Yes We Did items in the Obama/Biden section www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[Justitia]

15. And another LANDSLIDE for Obama in Hart's Location, NH!

McGrumpy - 10

Obama - 17!!!!

http://www.hartslocation.com/

[Divine Discontent]

16. so that means Obama's up 32-16 just like that?! Awesome! EOM

[Justitia]

17. Youbetcha! -eom

[workinclasszero]

25. Are you serious???

[crazylpn]

18. Awesome!!

Good f-ing deal!! Also, It's great that the Stealers won tonight. I heard that if the Redskins had won, that McCain was gonna win. Something about it's went that way for the last 17 times.

[Susan Something]

20. I want to be here on DU to celebrate the new millenium

which I figure is starting in less than a day, 8 years late. Can we pretend Y2K was yesterday?



My first post here, in honor of a new era.

[sabrina 1]

21. Hey, welcome Susan!

Glad you made it to DU on this historic night. Could the long national nightmare really be over?

[Susan Something]

22. Over? That might be a stretch. But I can't help it, don't tell anyone, I'm *hopeful*

It's a true pleasure to be here, and with you around sabrina, especially on a night like this. Thanks for helping me, I know that will be reversed any moment now.

[comtec]

27. Welcoem to DU :)

I just hit 1000 posts the other day
A warning DU may not be available during the main meat of the election to you (only the hard-core members) for traffic reasons... Skinner expects the servers to be SLAMMED!

But Welcome We look forward to your input in coming years

[workinclasszero]

26. Yay Susan!

Welcome and heres a toast to you!

[Terry in Austin]

59. Reboot the 21st Century

The way it's s'posed to be!

Welcome to to DU!

[workinclasszero]

23. AND SO IT BEGINS!!!!!!!

WOOHOO! I feel a LANDSLIDE coming people!

[Mark E. Smith]

29. Obama wins in earliest vote in tiny Dixville, NH

Source: Associated Press

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. - Barack Obama came up a big winner in
the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H.,
where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives
on.

Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a
count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, where a loud whoop accompanied
the announcement in Tuesday's first minutes. The town of Hart's
Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for
write-in Ron Paul. Independent Ralph Nader was on both towns'
ballots but got no votes.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_el_pr/new_ham...

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And we're off!

[dorktv]

30. Finally.

[carnie_sf]

31. This is an auspicious beginning nt

[Ian David]

32. I kind of figured they'd pick Ron Paul. n/t

[Sparky 1]

33. This ends 40 years of Republican dominance in Dixille.

Gotta love it, and what a great start! Let's keep this going.

[democrank]

34. A good beginning....

GOBAMA!

[rogerballard]

35. Excellent beginning !

Yes, we love it !

[Fluffdaddy]

36. And we are off

[krumpli]

37. Who won in 2004 and 2000? n/t

[Delphinus]

43. Down thread

someone said not since '68 have Dems won!

[rox63]

38. Woohoo!

The Notch usually goes Republican. I hope the rest of NH follows their lead.

[machI]

39. May I add

Landslide

Blowout

Butt whippin'

Clock cleaning

Bell ringing

[thereismore]

54. A thumpin'. (per *) nt

[Alcibiades]

40. No votes for Nader

Let's hope he goes voteless and all those folks come to their senses and vote Obama.

[workinclasszero]

41. And so it begins...

The Democratic Landslide of 2008 is underway!

Tremble in your boots republicans!

[Jennicut]

42. We have not won there since 1968!

[City Lights]

45. Woo-hoo!

[catgirl]

46. where a loud whoop accompanied the announcement...

Yes!

[mainer]

53. a really conservative area!

When I visited Dixville notch back in 2003, everyone I spoke to seemed to be a Republican and Bush supporter!

[against all enemies]

44. Dixville went Dem? It's over Johnny! Republican reign of terror is over.

[RBInMaine]

47. This is good. It is often reliably Republican up there.

[trof]

48. Obama wins in earliest vote in Dixville Notch, N.H.

Source: New Jersey Herald

Obama wins in earliest vote in Dixville Notch, N.H.


DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. -- Democrat Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch, N.H., where the nation's first Election Day votes were cast and counted early Tuesday.

Obama defeated John McCain 15-6. Independent Ralph Nader was also on the ballot, but received no votes.

The first voter, following tradition established in 1948, was picked ahead of the midnight voting and the rest of the town's 19 registered voters followed suit in Tuesday's first minutes.

Town Clerk Rick Erwin says the northern New Hampshire town is proud of its tradition, but says the most important thing is that the turnout represents 100 percent vote.

President Bush won the vote in Dixville Notch in 2004 on the way to his re-election.


Read more: http://www.njherald.com/story/news/NewHampshireVote-web

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Dixville Notch has voted repug in every election since 1968.

[MannyGoldstein]

49. Small - But Great

As the post states, Dixville Notch has been reliably Republican for a long, long time.

Hopefully a harbinger.

[all.of.me]

51. Wow! I can't believe they picked the Dem! Great!

NM is bluer than when I lived there in the 70s & 80s. Does anyone remember Mel Thompson?! barf ... cringe

[barack the house]

55. God bless Dixville Notch. Thank you for being the first to make history !!!

[KansDem]

56. What? No "as Dixville Notch goes, so does the country" chant from CorpMedia?

Didn't CorpMedia do this in past elections when the Repub was prevailing?

[KamaAina]

57. Doesn't McLoser's "strategy" kind of depend on New Hampshire?

Y'know, 'cause they like him so much up there 'n' stuff?

Buh-bye! Don't let the doorknob hit ya where the good Lord split ya!

edit: 'spilt' might actually have worked, but...

[GetTheRightVote]

58. commented on this very early this morning but glad to see it running again

Go Obama, first time in 40 years Dems wins in this town.