Posted on 02/08/2016 11:54:18 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
As the clock struck midnight, voting began in three tiny towns in New Hampshire, including Dixville Notch, whose residents have a pretty good reputation for picking the eventual party nominees. The other two towns participating in midnight voting are Millsfield and Hart's Location.
"...............In Millsfield, Ted Cruz reportedly pulled away from the pack with nine votes, ahead of second place Trump. Clinton beat Sanders two votes to one.
Kasich earned a second victory in Hart's Location, beating second place Trump five votes to four. Meanwhile, Sanders took a commanding 12 votes to Clinton's five.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Kaisch, Christie, Bush, Rubio and Carly Fiorina each got one vote there; Sen. Rand Paul also got one vote in Millsfield even though he dropped out of the presidential race last week. On the Democratic side, Clinton got two votes and Sanders added one vote..." Source
Its not going to predict the winner of the primary today.
Odds are it will be Trump, Kasich and Cruz and every else coming in well behind.
Of course the polls were off the mark on IA.
So we’ll see tonight how it goes.
It’s anything but dull!
Cruz Shutout In Dixville Notch.. Zero Votes
Only nine people voted in Dixville Notch.
In Millsfield:
Cruz 9
Donald-duck 3
Bush/Christie/Rubio/Carson 1
Kasich 1 as well, I think
O_o
"Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won Millsfield with nine of 18 Republican votes, distantly followed by Trump at three."
Cruz Shut Out In Hart’s Location.. Zero Votes
......"Kasich was also the top Republican vote-getter in Hart's Location, with five out of 14,....
followed by Trump with four
... and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with two.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio each got on the board with a vote each. Source
Cruz also got a goose egg in Dixville Notch.
Trump hasn’t won any.
Kaisch was the only candidate that stumped in Dixville Notch. It is good strategy to look like a winner in the first results.
You know what would be cool, last in the nation groundhog sighting. That other groundhog clearly jumped the gun. Temps are plunging in CHI and it’s snowing.
The total votes, from the three towns has Trump with 9; the same as KaSICKO and Teddy. ;^)
yep two out of three towns wanted nothing to do with Cruz
Good Lord, it’s too early for this.
Teddy is probably so happy he could hand out soccer balls and teddy bears. ;-)
Bingo.
Jon Huntsman finished first 4 years ago.
I SERIOUSLY doubt we’re looking at a President Kasich.
http://www.kvlu.org/3-tiny-new-hampshire-towns-voted-at-midnight-do-they-predict-anything/
“They say when Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter.
When Dixville Notch, in the far northern reaches of New Hampshire, voted just after midnight Tuesday, it didn’t predict six more weeks with Donald Trump.
But as with Pennsylvania’s groundhog, the results - three votes for John Kasich, the only candidate to visit the town, and two for Trump, along with four for Bernie Sanders and zero for Hillary Clinton - are not necessarily predictive.
The town’s 100 percent turnout is quite impressive, if you don’t consider that it hit its 38-vote peak in 1988, according to The Boston Globe. (The Globe also reported that only ten will vote in the town this year.)
These few votes will make headlines Tuesday morning, as they do every four years.
But Dixville Notch has proven less than reliable at predicting what will happen later that day as the rest of the state wakes up and waits hours to cast their ballots.
So why all the attention? Because it’s proven to be pretty good at predicting what will happen later that spring (better than the groundhog). The tiny mountain town near the Canadian border, with a population that has dwindled to 12, has the distinction of correctly predicting the eventual Republican nominee in every election since 1968.
(There have been two ties in its history, though - in 1980 between George H.W. Bush, who did not become the nominee, and Ronald Reagan, who, of course, did; and in 2012, between Mitt Romney and... Jon Huntsman, who got two votes each.)
That predictive power explains why Dixville Notch’s results might get more attention early Tuesday than the other two towns to vote at midnight.”...........................
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