Dixville Notch: Obama 15, McCain 6!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Roland99]

[scheming daemons]

1. Woot!

[AspenRose]

2. !

:wow:

[FrenchieCat]

3. Hell fucking yeah!

:woohoo:

[Maven]

4. HAHAHA!

YES!

[justiceischeap]

5. OH. MY. GOD! (eom)

[DCBob]

6. Holy shit!!!

Yes we can!!!!

[tridim]

7. That was unexpected. I let out a cheer! :)

[Roland99]

12. I bought some bubbly tonight and getting some fireworks on the way home from work!!!!

:D :D :D

[KathieG]

8. Wahoooooo!!!

[mrih]

9. A sign?

WOW !!!!

[Uzybone]

10. WWOOOOHOOOO

its started...

[DaveinMD]

11. what was it

4 years ago?

[Roland99]

19. About the opposite for Bush. Kerry lost handily

[Morning Dew]

13. Woo Hoo!

[FVZA_Colonel]

Please let this be a good omen.

[mvd]

27. It IS a great omen!

WONDERFUL sign!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Bryan]

35. I don't know if it's a good omen or not,

...but for the moment, it will do.

[GDoyle]

14. He'll never trail in NH!

Obama leads 71.4% to 28.6% in New Hampshire!

[deadparrot]

Yowza!!!

:bounce:

[girl gone mad]

15. That's huge!

They've gone for Republicans the last few times.

[iceman66]

16. Let's hope this is a sign of things to come!

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

17. GOBAMA!

[davepc]

18. this the same place that had Nixon as a write in on the dem line

in 68?

[ShenandoahAspen]

20. My jaw is on the floor.

Doesn't Dixville Notch usually vote overwhelmingly for the Repuke candidate? I still can't believe Obama got more votes there! I'm sure it's a sign of things to come!

[GOPNotForMe]

21. My jaw dropped. LOVED the cheering. NT

[Dystopian]

22. YES!!

Just saw it...
Wow! You're fast!
:woohoo:
:woohoo:
:woohoo:
:woohoo:
:woohoo:

peace~

[ROh70]

23. You know people are fired up when they cheer .00000000001% of the results

[thewiseguy]

36. Yeah 20 trillion people are expected to vote!!!

:D

[Wednesdays]

52. Let's see how cheery you are this time tomorrow

:toast:

[ecstatic]

54. Did you hear the screaming cheers at the location?

I screamed too! Obama supporters are passionately behind him.

[Phredicles]

24. Doesn't that place tend to go conservative?

Or am I just basing this on '80, when I remember Ray-gun getting almost 20 votes.

In any case, a promising sign!

[Connie_Corleone]

33. You're right. They haven't voted for a Democrat since Humphrey.

[cbc5g]

25. CAN YOU SAY LANDSLIDE FU**aS!!!

[FVZA_Colonel]

26. First time a Democrat's won since Hubert Humphrey.

Things are looking up.

[VolcanoJen]

28. I'm kinda bummed they didn't show it on TV

Did I miss it? Flipped around to CNN, C-SPAN, and MSNBama. :-)

[Roland99]

32. MSNBC had the results live. "Sorry, Ralph" when Nader had 0 votes.

[4_Legs_Good]

29. WOOOO THEFREAK HOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Wooooooooo!!!!!!!

David

[NotThisTime]

30. Woohoo! He ain't winning NH if he can't get Dixville, I feel like popping the champagne right now!

[ROh70]

31. This is proof of a Bradley Effect! Obama would have won 21-0 if he were white!!

[JJ]

43. LOL

[WallStreetNobody]

34. Pretty awesome, aren't they mostly registered Republicans?

[CreekDog]

37. Wow

:wow:

[Naturyl]

38. You're kidding me

Obama won this Repuke town by a landslide?

Wow, this is a very good start...

[Roland99]

40. When he read off that McCain only had 6 votes I thought for sure Nader won!

heh heh


unbelievable returns! :)

[blondeatlast]

39. On that happy note, I'm off to bed to dream of a proud, just, peaceful, and prosperous nation--

the one I remember and still love.

Tomorrow will be a GRAT day.

[bluedawg12]

41. Mandate! woo-hoo n/t

[JJ]

42. The MSNBC anchor...

looked like someone kicked him in the nuts.

[Arugula Latte]

44. Omen. Portent. Harbinger.

:bounce:

[Renew Deal]

45. It's no surprise. Obama dominated there in the primary.

Hillary got shut out.

[Marsala]

46. LAAAAAANDSLIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!

Wow. A good omen for sure.

[Bryn]

47. A little town of 21 people?

I don't exactly understand

[FVZA_Colonel]

48. It's 115 in total.

That's still 18.26% of the total population.

[Agony]

49. Si Se Puede! Dixville Notch! n/t

[Wednesdays]

50. 1st time majority for a Dem since 1968

Our best showing in 40 years. I like! ;)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

51. We can't get too complacent now!!!

:hi:

[goodgd_yall]

53. As Dixville Notch goes

so goes the nation!!

:kick: :dem:

[4lbs]

55. Something more to add to 1968.

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/sunday/news/ny-txtprev025908755nov02,0,6652370.story

<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.