The residents of Dixville Notch, N.H., voted at midnight last night — as they do in every election.And, for the first time in 40 years, the Democrat won the small New Hampshire hamlet. Barack Obama received 15 votes, John McCain received six.
That's not necessarily a good thing.
Dixville Notch doesn't have a history of picking the winner.
In the Democratic primary back in January, when Hillary Clinton revived her campaign after losing the Iowa caucuses, Dixville Notch's Democrats gave Obama seven votes, John Edwards two votes and Bill Richardson one vote. Clinton received no votes at all.
In the 2000 Republican primary, when McCain was en route to a big victory over eventual nominee George W. Bush in New Hampshire, Bush edged McCain in Dixville Notch, 12 votes to 10.
During the 1990s, Dixville Notch rejected Bill Clinton both times.
When he was being elected the first time in 1992, Clinton ran fourth in Dixville Notch, with two votes, trailing George H.W. Bush (15 votes), Ross Perot (eight votes) and Andre Marrou (five votes).
When Clinton was re-elected in 1996, his challenger, Bob Dole, received 18 votes in Dixville Notch. Clinton received eight. Perot and Harry Browne received one vote apiece.
Nevertheless, for a Democrat to win Dixville Notch in the general election is clearly an unusual event. And it may well be an omen.
We'll have to wait until tonight to see.
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