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All Eyes Turn to Coos County
November 04, 2008 7:43 AM
The results are in, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., won.
But not so fast -- we're just talking about the tiny resort town of Dixville Notch, N.H., whose residents get to vote as of midnight each Election Day.
Obama beat Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., among the 21 voters in this town -- 15-6.
Other towns in the Granite State vote and release the results early as well, but they don't get the same publicity.
Obama won in Hart's Location, N.H., 17-10.
How predictive are the citizens of the Notch?
In 2008, they picked both Obama in the Democratic primary (Obama – 7; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. – 2; Gov. Bill Richardson – 1) and McCain in the GOP primary (McCain – 4; former Gov. Mitt Romney – 2; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani – 1).
In 2004, they voted for President George W. Bush over Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., 19-7. Their Democratic primary pick, Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), not so much.
In 2000, they went for Bush over then-Vice President Al Gore, 21-5. They went for former Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., and Bush in the primaries.
In 1996, they went for former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., over then-President Bill Clinton, 18-8.
In 1992, they went for then-President George H.W. Bush over then-Gov. Bill Clinton, 15-2.
In 1988, they went for then-Vice President George H.W. Bush over then-Gov. Mike Dukakis, 34-3.
1984 – Reagan over Mondale, 29-1.
1980 - Reagan over Carter, 17-3.
1976 – Ford over Carter, 13-11.
So as a general rule, these voters have a decent record in predicting who will win. But more to the point, they often go GOP in general elections, which is interesting, considering their support for Obama today. Though, of course, it might be completely irrelevant as well.
- jpt
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Dixville Notch only has 19 registered voters, yet 21 people cast their ballots. Does ACORN have a field office in Dixville Notch too?!
Posted by: Will | Nov 4, 2008 10:02:26 AM
Wow, that is most impressive. I think Obama has it locked. I sure hope so anyways. God help us all if that idiot McBush pulls it off! LOL
Jiff
Posted by: JamesSpader | Nov 4, 2008 9:58:42 AM
Whatever, Concerned.
I have come to the conclusion you are indeed OCD, from how you took special care to use zero instead of the "O" key and your incoherent mumblings about the two world wars thing and freaking out.
You seriously need to get a life. Or just chill.
Do you even know what a ground game is? I am talking about the volunteers, phone-bankers, poll watchers, for example.
Posted by: Grey Matter | Nov 4, 2008 9:18:53 AM
Grey Matter, a judge had already ruled that the court-appointed poll watchers could NOT be removed. Yet they were removed because they were Republicans. THAT is how Sen. Obama works!
Posted by: James Danley | Nov 4, 2008 9:08:30 AM
Grey Matter, you should do your homework regarding habeas corpus. The law of the land WAS that foreign individuals taken prisoner during war and detained outside the boundaries of the United States, even if under American command, were not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus. That is what the U. S. Supreme Court ruled during WWII. That ruling stood until it was recently overturned by the current U. S. Supreme Court. SO President Bush only followed the existing law until it was overturned.
Now as for misleading the public to invade a "wrong" country, again you should do your homework. The invasion of Iraq was under a UN mandate. The reason we invaded Iraq was because Saddam Hussein failed for 12 years to comply with the conditions of the 1991 cease fire. So after diplomacy failed, President Bush rescinded the cease fire and resumed the Gulf War.
Posted by: James Danley | Nov 4, 2008 9:04:53 AM
James Danley,
Considering their thuggish behaviour and overenthusiasm to challenge voting registrations, I don't see why.
Posted by: Grey Matter | Nov 4, 2008 8:59:53 AM
Geevill is right! This morning Republican Party Election Board members have been tossed out of at least seven polling stations in Philadelphia because of their party status.
Posted by: James Danley | Nov 4, 2008 8:55:20 AM
Blue,
You are right.
Who shredded people's rights to habeas corpus with the PATRIOT Act? Torture? The Geneva Convention? Abusing of human rights and misleading the public to invade a (wrong) country?
Posted by: Grey Matter | Nov 4, 2008 8:53:46 AM
James Danley
your Repub paranoia is showing, if you wanr to talk about rights vanishing, just examine Bush, Cheney and the 'signing statements' over the last 8 years....
Posted by: Blue | Nov 4, 2008 8:51:46 AM
geevill,
Your ticket has ZERO ground game. Who's fault is that?
Not ours. What voter fraud "thugs"? The one challenging all the new voter applications is always the GOP, I wonder why. The Supreme Court has been throwing them out this time.
You combat ANY voter fraud by having a good ground game, volunteers, lawyers and law students to assist voters. We've learnt our lesson this time around.
Posted by: Grey Matter | Nov 4, 2008 8:50:01 AM
Blue, and should Sen. Obama win tonight you (we) will soon say goodbye to your (our) First Amendment rights. Sen. Obama's million member Civilian National Security Force will see to it!
Posted by: James Danley | Nov 4, 2008 8:49:22 AM
Ayers just voted for Obama in Chicago in exactly same place Obama is voting now guess more peoples from same neighborhood Reverend Wrigh, Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko will be voting soon.
Posted by: Steave Cuozzo | Nov 4, 2008 8:47:50 AM
I hope everyone reads Steve Cuozzo's post about the Fioxnews poll
the one outlier ,,,isn't that funny
Foxnews is way to the right
wake up people...
more than Bush
More than Cheney
More than anyone or anything else
the last decade is the direct result of GOP operatives getting together a decade ago to create a biased network
that would throw our country so far off course
it would not recognize what it would become over the last 8 years.
Foxnews... is inherently evil.
seriously and we need to do something aboutit...
they are not balancing coverage...they are warping the truth...and making it look like the other networks are overwhelmingly left...when in all actuality...they are trying to be center.
get rid of Foxnews turn it off
this post clearly shows ...and the polls they do of their viewers clearly show...they are whacked.
Posted by: dl | Nov 4, 2008 8:45:30 AM
Pay very close attention to the way that the media outlets call the battleground states tonight. They will be very quick to call states for Sen. Obama (even at the risk of possibly later having to retract the call). BUT they will be very slow to call states for Sen. McCain. That is how the media will attempt to influence the outcome in the western battleground states.
Posted by: James Danley | Nov 4, 2008 8:39:14 AM
The evil man himself...
Rove Calls the Election -- for Obama
The Architect sees a 338-200 Obama electoral vote victory over McCain.
Obama 08
Posted by: Mike NC | Nov 4, 2008 8:34:17 AM
She says Nobama!,
Who is this Hillary Rodem Clinton? I DO know a Hillary Rodham Clinton, though. Watched her stumping in Florida with Obama, she was fantastic!
On-the-job-training? McCain needs on the job training- he doesn't seem to know he can't just press the button to send nuclear warheads on Iran no matter how much he wants to. Oh, and Sarah Palin still doesn't know what the VP does- and actually thought Cheney was a model VP!
We shall see indeed :)
Posted by: Grey Matter | Nov 4, 2008 8:33:42 AM
Nobody seems to want to wait for the final result. Patience is no longer the virtue it once was. And what's with all this polling? Why do we need polls? If someone can come up with a poll to provide me some good stock picks, I'm listening. But the rest of it? Bah!
Posted by: jcarob | Nov 4, 2008 8:29:18 AM
"Republicans may not realize it yet, but it's not just John McCain who is going down in this election. It's also guys like Matt Drudge and propaganda machines like FOX News. They may maintain their influence within the shrinking world of the conservative right wing, but the rest of America has said goodbye and good riddance to their lies and distortions."
Posted by: Blue | Nov 4, 2008 8:28:47 AM
This country should listen closely to Hillary Rodem Clinton, "In the White House there is no time for speeches and on-the-job training. Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign and Senator Obama will bring a speech that he gave in 2002. I think that is a significant difference."
Posted by: She says Nobama! | Nov 4, 2008 8:27:58 AM
I live in Pa....
PA goes for Obama
Republicans find the dust bin of history in '08..
complete repudiation and disgrace from the American electorate..
Lies and smears are over
America comes home.... at last
Posted by: Blue | Nov 4, 2008 8:26:47 AM
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