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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:17 PM
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Best result of the night: Dem ballot beat GOP ballot 55%-45%
Democratic candidates in NH presidential primary received 280,268 votes (with 96% results in) compared to 228,528 for GOP candidates--a margin of 10-points 55%-45% over the Republicans. And both Clinton and Obama overwhelmed McCain.

Clinton won 110,550 votes and Obama won 102,883 votes while McCain garnered 86,802 votes.
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:19 PM
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1. Sounds reasonable. Democrats registered to vote outnumber
republicans almost 3 to 1.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:20 PM
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2. Independents also chose to vote more in the Dem primary.
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:22 PM
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3. My understanding is that there are more registered republicans in NH than Dem. Quite a bit more.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-09-08 12:28 PM
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4. That won't matter in November.
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