What many don't realize is that in New Hampshire, you can register to vote on election day. A friend was at a polling place and saw several bus loads of students coming over from MA to vote. Doesn't matter now, but NH will be back in the "R" column next time!
I'd be careful of predicting and representing NH as returning to the 'R' column. A LOT of the votes for Granny Demented and Kerry came from 'north of the notches' and along the western fringe (borders where Vermonsters live) - yes there are the mASShole enclaves in Keene, Peterborough, Nashua and Manchester but a lot of the south voted for President Bush. Some 38% of the state voted for Granny Demented and ousted Governor Benson in favor of an unknown, unproven Shaheen wannabe who is a crypto-pro-Tax addict. I am afraid we are seeing the demise of conservative New Hampshire. There has been galloping expansion of RINO's up here!