It Was the Best of Notch, It Was the Worst of Notch

Mark Steyn

Here’s one for the psephological experts. Last time round, first-in-the-nation Dixville Notch, NH voted:


Obama 15, McCain 6

The 2012 results, announced moments ago, are:


Obama 5, Romney 5

So Obama’s vote has fallen by two-thirds. Alternatively, Romney is doing worse than McCain – and turnout is way down.

(On that last point, I gather it’s actually because the two biggest families in town moved out. Still…)