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First Votes Tallied in Little State that Could Rock Nation

Posted Jan 8, 08 6:41 AM CST in Politics 

(Newser) – A primary that could have been little more than an afterthought is grabbing center stage today as America breathlessly awaits results in a suddenly surprising race. And New Hampshire results will likely be just as intriguing as Iowa's tally. Nobody can be certain whether the state's many Independent voters will vote in the Republican or Democratic primaries, the Washington Post reports.

Turnout is expected to be sky-high, especially now that state voters know the primary is far from sewn up by national frontrunners crowned by pollsters. "The state is as involved as it's ever been," said an advisor for GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Votes in two tiny hamlets, population 117 or so, have already been tallied, reports CNN. Frontrunners in one of the villages were John McCain, who grabbed 4 votes, and Barack Obama, who nailed 7.
Sources:: Washington Post, CNN, Wikipedia

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Republican presidential hopeful, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks to reporters in the spin room after participating in the New Hampshire debates Saturday, Jan. 5, 2007 in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/M....   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. and her daughter, Chelsea, listen as University of New Hampshire student Ben Coleman speaks to them on the Clinton campaign bus outside...   (Associated Press)
Graphic originally transmitted Jan. 5, 2008; Map shows party affiliation for registered voters in New Hampshire, by town; 3c x 5 3/8 inches; 146 mm x 136.5 mm   (Associated Press)
Rick Erwin finishes writing the totals for the first voters for the nation's first primary in Dixville Notch, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. Residents of two tiny towns stayed up late to give Barack Obama...   (Associated Press)
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