Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, reported the first results from the 2024 election just past midnight on Tuesday, with the tiny hamlet deadlocking 3-3 for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.
Tuesday’s early morning results are the best Trump has fared in the first-in-the-nation ballot, a tradition that dates back to 1960, according to Fox News. In 2020, Dixville Notch’s six votes – cast by four Republicans and two independents – went for President Joe Biden. In 2016, Trump received two votes and lost narrowly to Hillary Clinton’s three. One vote went third party.
The hamlet’s longtime town moderator who oversees the vote, Tom Tillotson, said after the results that Dixville Notch was “following the national trend,” according to The Washington Post, a reference to virtually even splits in a large number of polls. The averages for polling out of…
