~~~The Official New Hampshire Primary Thread~~~

[umbrella39]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
I'm guessing people here don't remember the previous primary seasons. If Clinton loses this she's not going anywhere. She will be in it for the long haul, I guarantee you that.

I think sometimes the news cycle is too slow or something, as people tend to draw wild conclusions from relatively minor events... I think just because they want some conclusions to be made.

Didn't Bill Clinton only get like 3% of Iowa in 1992 and didn't take NH either, that went to Tsongas. But she is no Bill Clinton and I agree, if she doen't get this one, she is in deep shit.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Here's a guide to decide your candidate to vote for:

http://www.blogthecoast.com/candidate/index.php




My results:

Paul 51
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, Border Fence, Minimum Wage Increase, Same-Sex Marriage

Gravel 49
Universal Healthcare

Kucinich 40
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Net Neutrality, Universal Healthcare

Obama 9
Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Richardson 8
Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Biden 6
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Same-Sex Marriage

Dodd 2
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Edwards 2
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Net Neutrality, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action, Same-Sex Marriage, Universal Healthcare

Clinton 0
Brownback -7
Thompson -9
Cox -15
McCain -19
Huckabee -30
Tancredo -39
Giuliani -45
Hunter -54
Romney -56

 

[IronWing]

Who's Gravel?

Kucinich 62
No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks

Gravel 60
(you have no disagreements with this candidate)

Richardson 31
Death Penalty, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Obama 29
Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions

Edwards 28
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Clinton 24
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

Paul 24
Abortion Rights, Embryonic Stem Cells, ANWR Drilling, Kyoto, Citizenship Path for Illegals, Border Fence, Net Neutrality, Minimum Wage Increase, Universal Healthcare

Biden 21
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions

Dodd 17
Death Penalty, No Child Left Behind, Assault Weapons Ban, Guns - Background Checks, Patriot Act, Border Fence, Iran Sanctions, Iran - Military Action

McCain -22
Thompson -26
Brownback -30
Cox -30
Huckabee -39
Giuliani -41
Tancredo -56
Hunter -60
Romney -65

 

[yllus]

Obama and McCain get early win in New Hampshire hamlet

DIXVILLE NOTCH -- Sen. Barack Obama won seven of the 10 votes cast for Democrats in the first balloting of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday in the northern hamlet of Dixville Notch, while Sen. John McCain won the Republican balloting.

Ballots by all 17 registered voters were cast and counted just after midnight on Tuesday in the remote White Mountains town that takes advantage of a state law allowing communities to close polls once voting is over and announce the results.

Other than those for Mr. Obama, of Illinois, former North Carolina senator John Edwards got two votes and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richards received one. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton received none.

Among the seven votes cast for Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain won four, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney received 2, and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani won one vote.

To speed things up, in an attempt to assure Dixville Notch would be first to finish voting, each of the 13 voters present had a voting booth. Four others voted by absentee ballot. The balloting was over within minutes as 12 Independents, 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats voted.

 

[nageov3t]

GL dems!

I actually redeclared as an R this past week when I had to re-register to vote so that I could vote for McCain in the NJ primary.

 

[Pabster]

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton received none.

Ouch. That's pretty stinging. :laugh:

Granted, a very small number of votes. But still...

 

[FoBoT]

drudge is reporting polling places running out of Democrat ballots
probably an early sign of an Obama landslide

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Who's Gravel?

he is a nutbag from Alaska

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M..._for_President_in_2008

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
drudge is reporting polling places running out of Democrat ballots
probably an early sign of an Obama landslide

Most definitely. A record turnout will be nothing but icing on the cake for Obama.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
I sure hope Obama continues to do well - Edwards as well. For the GOP, I'll guess that RP will get ~15%, but will also beat out Guiliani.

EDIT: From Obama's website

Bring Our Troops Home: Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda

:thumbsup:

With the people that are in his staff, I wonder if he is really genuine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzI9u6--MM

 

[lozina]

Together with Hart's Location, these are the current total votes tally:

DEMOCRATS:

Obama -- 16

Clinton -- 3

Edwards -- 3

Richardson -- 1

Kucinich -- 0

REPUBLICANS

McCain -- 10

Romney -- 3

Huckabee -- 5

Paul -- 4

Giuliani -- 1

Thompson -- 0

Hunter -- 0

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
I can`t believe there isn`t a thread for all the states......

Do you know what an apostrophe is? Reading your posts gives me a damn headache...

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
I sure hope Obama continues to do well - Edwards as well. For the GOP, I'll guess that RP will get ~15%, but will also beat out Guiliani.

EDIT: From Obama's website

Bring Our Troops Home: Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months. Obama will make it clear that we will not build any permanent bases in Iraq. He will keep some troops in Iraq to protect our embassy and diplomats; if al Qaeda attempts to build a base within Iraq, he will keep troops in Iraq or elsewhere in the region to carry out targeted strikes on al Qaeda

:thumbsup:

If he is elected, I hope he lives up to this.

 

[glugglug]

4% for Paul in NH? You must be joking. I think he'll probably get 20%, pulling him ahead of McCain and Thompson overall.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: glugglug
4% for Paul in NH? You must be joking. I think he'll probably get 20%, pulling him ahead of McCain and Thompson overall.

No, the 4% is his national polling figure. And that's being somewhat generous.

He will do better in New Hampshire. In fact, it is likely to be his best showing.

 

[BradT]

I just voted. My town usually has a mediocre turnout. Today, it was packed. Tons of supporters for everyone, but the most overwhelming amount of support outside was for Obama and Ron Paul. Ron Paul's support is another surprise because usually the majority of the Paul supporters have been in larger cities.

Another note: They had huge stacks of ballots, but the blue ballot pile was SIGNIFICANTLY smaller than the red pile.

Also, for reference, our city will usually turnout about 6,000 votes, but with what I saw, it could be more like 8,000.

I'll keep updating if I end up swinging by the polls again.

 

[Pabster]

Turnout Blowout In New Hampshire

 

[Rufus12]

Originally posted by: BradT
I just voted. My town usually has a mediocre turnout. Today, it was packed. Tons of supporters for everyone, but the most overwhelming amount of support outside was for Obama and Ron Paul. Ron Paul's support is another surprise because usually the majority of the Paul supporters have been in larger cities.

Another note: They had huge stacks of ballots, but the blue ballot pile was SIGNIFICANTLY smaller than the red pile.

Also, for reference, our city will usually turnout about 6,000 votes, but with what I saw, it could be more like 8,000.

I'll keep updating if I end up swinging by the polls again.

I noticed a great turnout at my polling location as well. I also heard that Obama showed up later on after I left. I love when this time comes around every 4 years.

 

[jonks]

Just a question: what the hell is Edward's strategy? In saturday's debate he basically took Obama's side on everything, and hit Clinton as much as he could. Now, no poll puts him winning anything, so is he just positioning himself for a VP slot, again? If not, I don't get his embrace of Obama who is soaring on momentum. Maybe he's looking at running again in 8 years and doesn't want to leave this race with people hating him?

 

[BradT]

Originally posted by: sirjonk
Just a question: what the hell is Edward's strategy? In saturday's debate he basically took Obama's side on everything, and hit Clinton as much as he could. Now, no poll puts him winning anything, so is he just positioning himself for a VP slot, again? If not, I don't get his embrace of Obama who is soaring on momentum. Maybe he's looking at running again in 8 years and doesn't want to leave this race with people hating him?

My opinion on it was that he gave up winning NH to Obama, but was fighting for second again.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: sirjonk
Just a question: what the hell is Edward's strategy? In saturday's debate he basically took Obama's side on everything, and hit Clinton as much as he could. Now, no poll puts him winning anything, so is he just positioning himself for a VP slot, again? If not, I don't get his embrace of Obama who is soaring on momentum. Maybe he's looking at running again in 8 years and doesn't want to leave this race with people hating him?

He hopes that by getting rid of Clinton, her leftover votes will go to him and he can then challenge Obama.

 

[palehorse]

Originally posted by: glugglug
4% for Paul in NH? You must be joking. I think he'll probably get 20%, pulling him ahead of McCain and Thompson overall.

uhh, as of a few moments ago, I'm hearing that RP is at around 8.5%...

what happened PaulBots?! Is the primary rigged?! Did something break?!

sorry, I couldn't resist...

GO OBAMA!!! WOOT WOOT!

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: glugglug
4% for Paul in NH? You must be joking. I think he'll probably get 20%, pulling him ahead of McCain and Thompson overall.

Wow. The Ron Paul spambot fever is still rampant.
Twenty percent? Seriously, what drugs are you on?

 

[nageov3t]

this might just be the cynic in me, but I think Edwards is hoping that Hillary drops out, after which he can play the race card and try to angle himself as the white Obama.

any nominee would have to be a fool to pick him as VP after the way he sabotaged Kerry... as a great man and master politician once said, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

 

[Cold Steel]

Manchester. I always go at 6AM when the polls open. I'm usually in and out in under five minutes. This morning at 5:50AM, the line was out the door well into the parking lot. Great turn out. I've lived here a long time, I don't remember ever seeing that kind of line that early in the morning.