Dixville Notch, NH gives two votes each to Romney, Huntsman
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, traditionally the site of the first balloting in the nation’s first quadrennial presidential primary elections, sent nine voters to the polls at midnight Tuesday, producing a split decision.
Former governors Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and Jon Huntsman of Utah won the approval of two voters each. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas congressman Ron Paul each got one vote.
Three Dixville Notch residents voted for President Barack Obama, who ran unopposed.
In 2008, the small town in northern New Hampshire correctly predicted that Obama and Republican John McCain, both U.S. senators, would win their parties’ presidential nominations.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also a senator in 2008, eventually edged out Obama in the statewide primary election by three percentage points. McCain won the state by six points over Romney.
While Obama collected just one-third of the votes cast in Dixville Notch, he still scored a plurality victory over each Republican, mirroring the reality of a broad GOP field still fighting for the support of a majority of Republicans.
Dixville Notch has a population of 75 people.
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