© Robert F. Butaky, APRepublican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a town hall campaign event in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The resort town was the first place in the nation to vote in the 2024 primaries. The voters were outnumbered more than 10-to-1 by reporters from every corner of the globe — not to mention by a pile of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.
Dixville Notch has a tradition of first-in-the-nation voting that dates back to 1960, with the results announced just a few minutes after midnight.
With such a tiny sample of voters, the results are not typically indicative of how an election will end up. But they do provide for an early curiosity.
In some previous elections, a couple of other tiny New Hampshire towns have also voted at midnight, but this year Dixville Notch went it alone.
The voting took place in a new location, the living room of Tillotson House, with the Balsams Resort undergoing renovations. It made for a congenial setting, with an 11-month-old golden retriever named Maxine greeting media and voters.
Les Otten, the principal owner and developer of the Balsams Resort, said he was excited to cast his ballot.
"It's special. It really is," Otten said. "It's what ought to happen in every community in the United States, where there is 100% participation, everybody votes. None of the six of us can complain about the outcome of the election, because we've participated."
Otten said he didn't agree with those saying the New Hampshire primary had fallen flat this year, with President Joe Biden not on the ballot and Republican contender Ron DeSantis withdrawing at the last minute.
"It always does boil down to just a couple of people at the end of the day," Otten said. "We've got two viable candidates on the Republican side."
Dixville Notch caters to snowmobilers and Nordic skiers in the winter, and golfers and hikers in the summer. For the primary, it had four registered Republicans and two undeclared voters.
Reader Comments
It's very important to me to pretend I'm deciding who gets to destroy western civilization and become the reality show actor for the next 4 years ! It's like watching a cricket match ! (actually I like cricket).
You don't need to worry about election results if you have all candidates in your pocket.
What a *itch on the crotch she ain't.
Nikki - death pusher - please depart the scene - you are a loser and so is SC - you and Lindsey - death lovers are fixing to get enveloped Cowpens style cause those who push harm always get what they give I reckon.....
Loser *itch.
BK
Tis about the Battle of Cowpens.
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Did you know in that battle a double envelopment occurred? Most rare - I mean I think Hannibal and Alexander the Great each pulled it off once.....
Nikki - drop out you hateful bitch. America is better than you and the folks fought in Cowpens - I was there yesterday - the feeling I got - the sense of the wind - those who fought that battle - they disavow YOU. Drop out bitch.
BK
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Thanks for your suggestion and thoughts and I sure hope HFL doesn't decide his ideas ain't appreciated - cause this place is better when HFL is around sharing his wit.
Moreover - Nikki - I advise you to drop out honey - SC can do better and so can America. In the battle of Cowpens, near Chesnee, SC and Cleveland County in NC (home of Earl Scruggs) just yesterday it occurred to me - Nikki and her family - they are not from here generationally really....I mean not compared to Morgan and the backwater folks from the hills.
Seriously - big changes coming and Nikki - drop out honey - your hate tis undesired - don't get yourself enveloped in it - and remember the babies in Iran deserve to live as well.
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If I get old ---- ( when I get old?) ----- I'm going to get another bird to keep me company and keep life interesting. I miss the days when we had birds in our home, but they need lots of attention - if they don't have that, if they don't have company fairly regular - they get crazy!!!!!!
The birds we had flying around in our house used to greet quests unsuspecting and literally they ate our bathroom walls - and one in particular - the bird's name was " Lacy " - a cockateel - ha, ha, ha.......the stories I could tell....near the end before we finally found a new home for our birds still alive, that bird would freaking be in the craziest places and go on the attack............holy moly....