All the votes are counted and Barack Obama wins in a landslide. Well, we can say that for sure about one town in one state, Dixville Notch, which is by tradition the first precinct to vote in the election.
Obama Landslide in Dixville Notch
Barack Obama beat John McCain 15-6 in a historic landslide in the New Hampshire township, after which the good townsmen and women returned to the bar for another round of Venezuelan beer and a roaring singalong of Der Fatherland. They have been doing this in “Dixville Notch” for 60 years since the Truman victory in 1948. That is the same year the town voted 2-1 to change their name from Dixville Knothole. You can see in the picture that Barack Obama himself voted 9 times to break the tie.
By tradition, the town of Dixville Notch gather at midnight on the day of elections to vote. That makes them first, real first. They have 100% turnout every time, according to Rick Erwin, because apparently there is nothing else to do in the town except drink. Rick Erwin is the official Town Clerk for the 21 inhabitants. Guessing he has a few other jobs as well.
So the Obama landslide is on course. Just ask the citizens of Dixville Notch, assuming they have telephone service or a road and stuff.
Obama Landslide in Dixville Notch (Historic Video)
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Congratulations.
You are about to elect a President who will give you a bigger government and more spending. Your new President will give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, drastically increase the number of H-1B visas, and eliminate E-verify at a time when millions of American Citizens are out of work. Your new Commander in Chief will keep American soldiers in Iraq against your will. Your new Chief Executive will borrow, spend, give away, and waste billions of dollars when the national debt is passing $12 trillion. Against your wishes your new President helped Bush give $1 trillion to the banks as his parting gift. No matter how much you object, Public Servant Number One will not listen and will continue to implement his own agenda. It doesn’t matter if it’s McCain or Obama.
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November 4th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Lets not forget Hart’s Location where the results are also in at 17 for Obama, 10 for McCain, and 2 write in votes for Ron Paul.
The two towns have only voted for one other Democratic candidate in the general election since the middle of the last century and usually in a landslide for the Republican ticket.
That’s two red towns that just turned blue.
November 4th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Dixville Notch 2004 General Election: (26 voters, 9 using absentee ballots)
George W. Bush - 19
John Kerry - 7
Did you bach the fine people of Dixville Notch in 2004?
How about in 2000 when Bush received 21 votes to Gore’s 5? Or in 1996 when Dole had 18 to Clinton’s 8?
No? You thought they were fine upstanding citizens then, right?
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