The tally — the first result of this election — was announced 12 minutes after midnight.
In a hamlet where 66.67 percent of the registered voters are Republicans (the other two are independents) and where Nikki Haley swept the primary with all six votes, the general election ended in a tie: three votes for Kamala Harris, and three for Donald J. Trump.
“I didn’t see that coming,” Scott Maxwell said of the split result. His vote, for Mr. Trump, came as something of a surprise, even to him. As late as 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Mr. Maxwell said he was undecided.
Four years ago, all five votes went to Joseph R. Biden Jr. In 2016, Hillary Clinton got four votes and Mr. Trump two.Dixville Notch was created for the sole purpose of turning the Balsams resort into a voting location. Neil Tillotson, the hotel’s owner, won free advertising for the resort, and journalists took advantage of the in-house telephone company to deliver the town’s real, albeit statistically insignificant, vote tally 12 hours before exit polls from elsewhere in the country began to trickle in.
The voters of Dixville Notch worked for weeks to prepare for this year’s election night. They took calls from curious journalists in New York City, Montreal and Hong Kong. They mowed the grass in front of Mr. Otten’s home, which now doubles as the voting precinct. In the kitchen, they prepared ham and cheese croissants and chocolate chip cookies as thick as wallets. In the living room, they erected risers for television journalists, chairs for photographers, and a plastic table for counting votes.
“In our backyard, the system is going to work the way it was designed,” Mr. Otten said before the votes were cast. “Six people will vote. Their votes will be counted.
And once it’s done, it’s done.”
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I don’t get NH. Isn’t their motto “Live free or die.” ? Democrats hate freedom- they want big government to control everyone.
There is an element of fraud involved too, I suspect ... NH is no stranger to GOP governors, as Chris Sununu has been in charge for the last 8 years, and (R) Kelly Ayotte is likely to succeed him after tomorrow night.
Furthermore, both House and Senate in Concord are Red, as is the Executive Council (4 out of 5 members).
College students here from MA and elsewhere who attend UNH and Dartmouth often tilt national races.
4 of the 6 are republicans and Kamala still got half of the votes? Oh WE ARE NOT GOING BACK
Honestly this election feels like what I imagine death is going to feel like. Election day is going to be dead and the day after is going to determine if I'm going to heaven or hell to spend eternity. The measure of Good and Evil is the happening today.
Worth mentioning, Dixville Notch has four Republicans and two undeclared voters. This means a Republican flipped and voted blue, same with both undeclared. In this case, the person who flipped was a 75 year old lifelong republican male.
They’ve voted blue the past two elections for presidential, but there’s fewer residents this time, and they’re now older.
I’m always fascinated by this down (they’ve even been mentioned in shows like West Wing) but historically they help share how the older white populations in small towns will vote. If that shows as split, that’s great news for dems.
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