Initial Quick & Dirty Analysis of NH Democratic Primary Vote By Voting Method

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I will post corrections and additional analysis tomorrow. If anyone sees any errors in my work, please chime in.

According to CNN's results, there are 237 total different voting municipalities in New Hampshire. According the the NH SOS, 111 municipalities -- including all 50 of the most populous municipalities -- use an Accuvote ballot which is counted by a Diebold (now known as "Premier") opscan machine. According to the NH SOS, all other NH municipalities (126 of them if I can believe CNN's posted results) count all votes by hand.

109 of the 111 Diebold opscan municipalities have currently have 100% results posted on CNN. 66 of these municipalities went Clinton's way while 43 went to Obama. Interestingly, Clinton did not receive less than 26% of the vote in any of these municipalities, and Clinton received less than 30% of the vote in just 4 of these 109 municipalities. Clinton also received more votes than Obama in 20 of the 28 of these municipalities with the highest Democratic primary voting totals.

Currently, 117 of the 126 New Hampshire municipalities that count votes by hand have 100% results posted on CNN. Clinton received more votes than Obama in just 36 of these 117 municipalities, Clinton received more than 10 votes more than Obama in just 26 of these 117 municipalities, and Clinton received more than 20 votes more than Obama in just 18 of these 117 municipalities.