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Is Dixville Notch Predictive?
Is Dixville Notch Predictive?
In a word: No. There's no historical relationship between the performances of the two major-party candidates In Dixville Notch and their performances in the rest of New Hampshire -- never mind the rest of the country: Still, you'd rather be up 15-6 than down, wouldn't you?
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
cnn.com — Dixville Notch residents wait for the stoke of midnight to be the first voters for the nation's presidential election. (more) Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
cnn.com — Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, is the first in the nation to vote in the primaries and Election Day. (more) Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
cnn.com — Dixville Notch residents wait for the stoke of midnight to be the first voters for the nation's presidential election. (more) Dixville Notch has spoken: It's Obama in a landslide
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The First Results Are In
Balloon Juice — Dixville Notch, NH, by a landslide. Obama: 15 McCain: 6 Not that it means anything, but hey, think of it as a good omen. Update: Another – Hart’s Location, NH Obama: 17 McCain: 10 Paul: 2 This race is over.

Ron Paul at Four Percent and Holding...
Hit & Run — ... Again, though: Worse news for John McCain. No Democrat's won Dixville Notch since 1968. The ray of hope is that the Democrat in question lost to Richard Nixon. In the primary Dixville Notch split 10-7 between Democratic and Republican primary ballots, but Nate Silver can explain why none of this matters. ...

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