Okay, it's only tiny Dixville Notch, N.H., the town that votes at midnight on primary morning, in order to call itself "first in the nation" to vote in each presidential election. But with all seventeen (!) Dixville Notch votes counted, the Democratic primary currently stands at Obama 7, Edwards 2, Richardson 1, Clinton 0. (In related news, on the Republican side it's McCain 4, Romney 2, Giuliani 1.)
How does winning New Hampshire by 50 points sound to you?
Okay, I fearlessly predict that Obama's lead will shrink. But it would be pretty cool if Obama continued to collect as many votes as all of the Republicans put together!
Update: There's one other tiny New Hampshire hamlet that votes in the middle of the night, a town called Hart's Location. With those 13 Democratic votes added in, the election now stands at Obama 16, Clinton 3, Edwards 3, Richardson 1. So Obama's lead has actually grown from 50% to 56.5%--woo-hoo!
I know that plenty of folks are opposed to poll-watching, because (theoretically) it takes our eye off the ball.
I understand the sentiment... but for the moment I say nuts to that, because the news out of New Hampshire is looking stunningly good for our guy--and it's the post-Iowa polls that show him with a big lead:
Obama 39%, Clinton 29%, Edwards 19%, margin of error 3.4%.
Obama 39%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 22%, margin of error 4%.
Obama 39%, Clinton 29%, Edwards 16%, margin of error 5%.
Obama 41%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 19%, margin of error 4%.
Obama 39%, Clinton 27%, Edwards 18%, margin of error 3%.
Obama 33%, Clinton 31%, Edwards 17%, margin of error 5%.
Okay, now back to work!
(Update: I fixed two clerical errors in the Rasmussen item and added the Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll.)
Hello! Rank newcomer here; please excuse me if this question has been addressed before (or is othewise too cheeky).
Upon registering at this site this evening, I'm surprised at the number of state groups available. I count at least three that purport to be for the entire state of Minnesota, which is a bit confusing to this newbie. (As a Minneapolitan, I'm also a little thrown that there is both a Minneapolis group and an Uptown Minneapolis group.) Is there a good reason for having redundant systems like this?
Consolidating all of the statewide groups would make sense to me ... but of course there could be good reasons for the present arrangement that I'm not aware of. Or maybe it's just not easy to perform that kind of consolidation?
Any thoughts?
