# Obama Wins Dixville Notch NH - earliest votes cast **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-dixville-notch-nh-earliest-votes-cast/471039 "2008-11-04T13:08:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-dixville-notch-nh-earliest-votes-cast/471039/1 "2008-11-04T13:08:04Z")
From here: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap\_on\_el\_pr/new\_hampshire\_first\_votes](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081104/ap_on_el_pr/new_hampshire_first_votes) DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. – Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on. Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, where a loud whoop accompanied the announcement in Tuesday’s first minutes. The town of Hart’s Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul. Independent Ralph Nader was on both towns’ ballots but got no votes. This is going to be an interesting - and loooong - day ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-dixville-notch-nh-earliest-votes-cast/471039/2 "2008-11-04T13:21:00Z")
Oh man…I wish I could have been a poll-worker in one of _those_ towns! Instead, I’m getting ready to head off to work at my nearby polling place, where we are expecting massive turnout. I wouldn’t mind the same results, though. 🙂