The first places in the country to vote, towns in New Hampshire, have given the lead to Obama.
In Dixville Notch, Obama won 16-5.
In Hart's Landing, Obama won 17-10, with 2 write-in's for Ron Paul.
Both areas are traditionally Republican but went heavily for Obama in the primary (with cross-over votes).
Weirdly, Dixville Notch has 75 people but only 21 registered voters. In 2004, Bush took the vote 19-7, so the number of registered voters dropped from 26 to 21 in four years. In other words, Obama won the town and converted some Republicans, but turnout went down.
I imagine that two apathetic semi-libertarian towns in New Hampshire are not representative of America, but maybe it's all the firm data we'll get until tomorrow night. I call the election for Obama!
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