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Clinton Receives 0 Votes in Famous New Hampshire Town

By Chris Deaton
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The residents of a tiny New Hampshire locale famous for its midnight voting didn’t check a single box for Hillary Clinton.

Dixville Notch, an unincorporated community of 12 as of the 2010 Census, cast four votes for Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and zero for Clinton. On the GOP side, John Kasich received three votes and Donald Trump got two. The northern New Hampshire village has four registered Republicans, four “Undeclareds,” and one Democrat.

Two other communities participated in the tradition. More from the New Hampshire Union Leader:

In Hart’s Location, a town with a population of 43 that claims to have originated the midnight voting tradition in 1952 to accommodate the schedules of railroad workers, Kasich also edged out Trump, 5 votes to 4, with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gathering 2 votes. Bush, neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio one vote each. Sanders had the most votes on the Democratic side again, with 12, followed by Clinton with 7, but it was the third name gathering 2 votes that surprised some. It was not Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who dropped out of the Democratic race after Iowa, but Mark Stewart Greenstein, a self-described “liberty-leaning Democrat” who was the first to file for the Primary back in November, according to NECN. In Millsfield, a small township just south of Dixville, Clinton was given a win on the Democratic side, edging Sanders 2 votes to 1. On the Republican side, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won handily with 9 votes, followed by Trump with 3 and Bush, Christie, Kasich, Rubio, former CEO Carly Fiorina, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul – who also suspended his campaign after Iowa – with 1 vote each.

In all, 65 votes were cast. Sanders led the Democratic contest with 17 votes to Clinton’s 9. Kasich, Trump and Ted Cruz were tied among all Republicans with 9 votes a piece.

According to the Union Leader, the early voting dates to 1948 in Hart’s Location and 1952 in Millsfield. But those communities have had an off-and-on relationship with the practice, whereas it’s been a continuous process in Dixville since 1960.

It’s tiny in impact, but mighty in reputation.

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