US Democratic candidate Joe Biden and President Donald Trump
shared victories in two small rural communities in New Hampshire early on
Tuesday.
The communities cast their ballots just after midnight ―
and, thanks to a quirk in state election law, they’ve also tallied the vote and
released the results.
All five voters in Dixville Notch chose Biden over President
Donald Trump.
The first ballot was cast by lifelong Republican Les Otten, who voted for Biden.
Biden’s sweep was the first in 60 years, since Richard Nixon
won all nine votes cast over eventual winner John F. Kennedy in 1960.
In 2016, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won four votes
versus two for Trump, one for Libertarian Gary Johnson and a write-in vote for
Mitt Romney.
The second small community of Millsfield finished its vote
shortly after Dixville Notch, with Trump having better luck.
He beat Biden 16-5. Trump also received 16 votes there in
2016, versus 5 for Clinton.
A third community, Hart’s Location, also typically holds a
midnight vote but canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden is expected to easily win New Hampshire, with
FiveThirtyEight’s polling average giving him an 11.1-percentage-point lead over
Trump in the Granite State.
New Hampshire law allows for communities with fewer than 100
people to open their polls at midnight and close when everyone has cast a
ballot.
In the past, they were the self-described “first in the
nation” voters, a designation that’s been antiquated by the rise of early
voting.
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