The First 2024 Presidential Results Are In, After Tiny New Hampshire Town Holds Its Famed Midnight Vote

Mar. 15, 2025

A Dixville Notch voter casts his ballot in the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary.Photo:SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP via Getty

A voter casts his ballot in the First-in-the-Nation midnight vote for the New Hampshire primary elections in the Living Room of the Tillotson House at the Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, on January 23, 2024. New Hampshire primary’s tradition begins in the township of Dixville Notch, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Canadian border, where the first votes are cast right at midnight. Six of the unincorporated township’s registered voters represent the entire population of the region.

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Some of the very first results of the 2024 presidential election have been reported.Dixville Notch — a tiny New Hampshire town located near the Canadian border — announced thatKamala HarrisandDonald Trumptied in theirlocal race, hours before polling places opened around the rest of the country.Voting began in Dixville Notch shortly after midnight, continuing the town’s decades-long early voting tradition, which dates back to 1960 whenRichard Nixonunanimously beatJohn F. Kennedy.This year, Trump and Harris each earned three votes, reportsCNNandWMUR. The town has six total registered voters for the 2024 electionDixville Notch, New Hampshire, residents tally their midnight votes in the 1980 presidential primaries.Bettmann/GettyDixville Notch’s unique voting tradition involves all eligible voters gathering together as polls open at midnight on Election Day. After all ballots are privately cast, they are hand-counted and the results are tallied out loud.The results are quickly reported to the public, before many Americans have cast their ballots.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.In July, Dixville Notch unanimously rallied behindNikki Haleyover Donald Trump in the Republican primary election, delivering her their six votes.The town, which once had a conservative leaning, has voted more liberally in recent years as the population has shrunk.In 2008 they delivered 15 votes toBarack Obamaand 6 votes toJohn McCain. In 2012 they handed Obama andMitt Romney5 votes each. In 2016 voters were divided, butHillary Clintonultimately won with 4 votes. And in 2020 the town unanimously supportedJoe Bidenover Trump.

Some of the very first results of the 2024 presidential election have been reported.

Dixville Notch — a tiny New Hampshire town located near the Canadian border — announced thatKamala HarrisandDonald Trumptied in theirlocal race, hours before polling places opened around the rest of the country.

Voting began in Dixville Notch shortly after midnight, continuing the town’s decades-long early voting tradition, which dates back to 1960 whenRichard Nixonunanimously beatJohn F. Kennedy.

This year, Trump and Harris each earned three votes, reportsCNNandWMUR. The town has six total registered voters for the 2024 election

Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, residents tally their midnight votes in the 1980 presidential primaries.Bettmann/Getty

Selectmen Stephen Barba corrects the votes after a recount showed 4 votes for Howard Baker and only 5 for Ronald Reagan. This tiny town near the Canadian border cast its 23 votes moments into February 26th. All 23 voters cast ballots.

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Dixville Notch’s unique voting tradition involves all eligible voters gathering together as polls open at midnight on Election Day. After all ballots are privately cast, they are hand-counted and the results are tallied out loud.

The results are quickly reported to the public, before many Americans have cast their ballots.

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

In July, Dixville Notch unanimously rallied behindNikki Haleyover Donald Trump in the Republican primary election, delivering her their six votes.

The town, which once had a conservative leaning, has voted more liberally in recent years as the population has shrunk.

In 2008 they delivered 15 votes toBarack Obamaand 6 votes toJohn McCain. In 2012 they handed Obama andMitt Romney5 votes each. In 2016 voters were divided, butHillary Clintonultimately won with 4 votes. And in 2020 the town unanimously supportedJoe Bidenover Trump.

source: people.com

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