NEW HAMPSHIRE: Large voter turnout reported

[babylonsister]

Large voter turnout reported

By PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff
1 hour, 13 minutes ago



MANCHESTER – Long lines of people formed inside some polls this morning minutes after they opened at 6 a.m. for the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.

Louis Gosselin, Ward 6 moderator, said election officials expected about 150 people to vote each hour at St. Pius X on Candia Road.

Instead, about 300 people each hour were casting ballots. By 8 a.m., 602 people had voted. About 70 new voters were registered.

"I believe if it continues this way we definitely will set a record," said Gosselin.

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Bad news for the praying-for-low-turnout candidate who wants to protect us from the future

[babylonsister]

2. Yep. So sad!

:D

[Sulawesi]

3. protect us from ourselves making the wrong choice about our future you mean, we are so dumb

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Crowd psychology! Bandwagon! Mob Rule! Hula Hoop Fad!

:rofl:

[Yael]

22. LOL!

[Dawgs]

4. Unfortunately, some Democrats will spin this as a bad thing.

It's probably the media's fault that people are voting.

[BeyondGeography]

8. Obama's speech tonight should be all about who is turning out to vote for him

and telling Democrats who want a meaningful victory in November and beyond need to get behind his candidacy now.

[Deep13]

14. Goddamn voters!

No, turn-out is good. I just am a little uneasy when life-long Rs voting in the D primary which is allowed in NH.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. "People are upset and they're coming out."

A most telling sentence.

I hope it plays out this way over the whole country...

Thanks for posting this...

[cali]

6. Thjis is excellent for Senator Obama

I think we'll see a very satisfactory result.

[youthere]

7. This is great news...

It's about damned time the American public got off their collective lazy asses and started taking an active part in creating the America they want.

[Renew Deal]

9. That's A LOT of people

The numbers are shocking.

[Seabiscuit]

10. Good news for Democrats!

That is great news overall, that people are getting excited about voting and having a say on what goes on in their own country. I also think this is good news for Democrats.

[thoughtcrime1984]

19. It's always been bemoaned that everyone should vote

This is great news that people are motivated to vote in large numbers.

[Deep13]

11. All those Rs are turning out to vote against Hillary.

That was the impression that a story on Night Line left me with.

[babylonsister]

13. Or they're independents voting for Obama, which has been

predicted.

[Deep13]

15. Yes, that too.

[cali]

16. You don't know much about NH. Good job demonstrating it.

44% of NH voters are indies. And it looks like they'll be voting for dems in a major way. Repukes are voting for repukes. Dems are voting for dems.

[Deep13]

17. I'm a native New Englander.

Like I said, it is what that Nightline story suggested. 44% for undeclared is probably in line with the rest of the country.

[cali]

21. Nope. NH has a much higher number of Independents than the

average.

[Yael]

23. I heard a statistic that 41% of the state is Independant. Can anyone confirm?

[MadBadger]

24. I've heard the number is 45

[Bullet1987]

18. 500,000 people are EXPECTED to vote...

If there's a record turnout...are we talking DOUBLE that!!

[Vinca]

20. We've got picture perfect weather for getting voters out.

The fog has lifted, the sky is blue and the sun is bright. Temps headed toward 60. I'll be heading out to vote shortly.