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    New Hampshire delivers the very first Election Day results (Trump took the lead)

    November 8, 2016, 1:03 AM

    New Hampshire delivers the very first Election Day results (Trump took the lead)


    Last Updated Nov 8, 2016 8:34 AM EST

    DIXVILLE, N.H. -- Donald Trump is off to a very early lead in the 2016 presidential election, winning over the voters of three New Hampshire precincts by a 32-25 margin over Hillary Clinton.

    Polls in the tiny New Hampshire towns of Dixville, Hart’s Location and Millsfield opened just after midnight Tuesday and closed as soon as everyone had voted. These die-hard voters are proud to have the first word on the big vote.

    Clinton won more votes in Dixville and Hart’s Location, but Trump was the overwhelming favorite in Millsfield, with a 16-4 edge.

    Libertarian Gary Johnson picked up three votes. Bernie Sanders, John Kasich and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney got write-in votes.

    Under New Hampshire state law, communities with fewer than 100 voters can get permission to open their polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered voters have cast their ballots.

    Thomas Tillotson and Russ Van Deursen differed when they voted for president early Tuesday in Dixville Notch, but they were in solid agreement on one thing.

    “It’s very exciting to be the first in the nation,” said Van Deursen. “Your vote is right out there in the small little hamlet that we have of seven or eight voters and it feels like you’re a real part of democracy.” He voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton because “our country needs to move forward and I didn’t believe that a presidency with (Republican) Donald Trump would move forward in a positive way.”

    Polls in the town opened just after midnight and closed as soon as everyone had voted.

    “It’s an honor and privilege to be first and this is my 11th time doing it and it never gets boring,” said Tillotson, a 71-year-old business consultant who voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson. He said both major parties have “gone in directions that really don’t fit who I am and what I believe.”

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/very-fir...ay-results-in/

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    New Hampshire Is Already Voting & Trump Leads (By 7)

    New Hampshire Is Already Voting & Trump Leads (By 7)

    Published 3:31 am EST, November 8, 2016 Updated 3:59 am EST, November 8, 2016

    Jon Passantino Verified account ‏@passantino

    Another midnight vote in Millsfield, NH: Trump beats Clinton 16 to 4. With one Bernie write in



    New Hampshire has an oddity buried in its elections rules: Towns with fewer than 100 people can start voting at midnight on November 8 and then close again when everyone leaves to presumably go to bed. Shortly after midnight, people in New Hampshire did, indeed, begin voting.

    Guess who’s winning the earliest returns of the 2016 general election?
    Donald Trump.

    Scott Tranchemontagn ‏@STranchemontagn

    The voters @DixvilleVote are ready. Moments to history @BalsamsResort #nhpolitics #FITN



    Before Trump supporters get excited (and Hillary Clinton supporters pass out), though, the write-ins were also interesting, and the tally quite small. The overall vote totals from the three towns:

    Trump: 32

    Clinton: 25

    Yes, you read that right. According to USA Today, as of 3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, Donald Trump was winning the 2016 presidential election.
    By 7 votes.

    Obviously, the ridiculously small returns don’t mean anything when it comes to predicting the election, even though New Hampshire is an important battleground state for both candidates because polls there are in a dead heat.

    The Balsams Resort ‏@BalsamsResort


    Breaking News: the voter count will be changing right at midnight! Tune in at 11:55 to watch on Facebook Live. #dixvillevote #fitn



    Or do they tell us something? Maybe they do, in a small way, when you consider the write-in votes. Despite the small sample, it’s interesting that Bernie Sanders picked up votes on the Democratic side, and Mitt Romney and John Kasich picked up votes on the Republican side.

    Of course, they kind of cancelled each other out. When more people vote, it will matter whether dissatisfaction with the candidates causes their bases to erode at the ballot box. Is Never Trumpism determinative? Are there more people still Feeling the Bern?

    Time will tell.

    As a further predictor of what’s to come November 8: Some people were already claiming media bias. Seriously.

    Hillary4Prison @Hillary_4_Jail
    #ImVotingBecause the crooked media tells us that Hillary Clinton won Dixville Notch when Trump won Millsfield and leads NH 32-25.
    10:22 PM - 7 Nov 2016

    This guy had a retort:

    According to USA Today, the towns that voted are Dixville Notch, Hart’s Location, and Millsfield.
    The returns are:

    Dixville Notch: Clinton 4, Trump 2, Gary Johnson 1, Mitt Romney (write-in)



    Hart’s Location general election: Clinton 17, Trump 14, Johnson 3, Bernie Sanders (write-in), John Kasich (write-in)
    Millsfield general election, Trump 16, Clinton 4, Bernie Sanders (write-in)

    (In contrast, Cruz prevailed in the Millsfield GOP primary, and Hart’s Location gave most votes to Kasich (while splitting them among other candidates). Bernie won the primary in Hart’s Location and Clinton won in Millfield (2-1), according to NPR. Doesn’t sound like a very liberal place.)

    NPR said
    that Dixville Notch’s primary predictive powers are much heralded, noting that the town “has the distinction of correctly predicting the eventual Republican nominee in every election since 1968.” Until this year – because the town went for John Kasich in the primary.

    Kasich and Sanders won the primaries in Dixville Notch – sounds like someone couldn’t stand to switch allegiance.

    Overall, in the GOP primary, Trump, Kasich and Cruz tied, and Sanders defeated Clinton, said NPR.
    Others spotted patterns in the returns.

    http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/electi...llary-clinton/



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