This story has the number of votes cast in the New Hampshire Democratic and Republican presidential primaries for all candidates who were on the ballots. Two of the candidates who were listed on the Republican ballot only received 3 votes in the entire state. The results are unofficial but include all precincts except one.
In the Democratic primary, 10% of the votes cast were write-in votes. It is probable that a majority of those were for Hillary Clinton. It is a little-known fact that in the November 2008 presidential election, Hillary Clinton received thousands of write-in votes. Virtually no state reported these, because it is normal nowadays that states only canvass write-in votes for declared write-in candidates. But there were a few jurisdictions that reported all write-ins, and the number for Hillary Clinton was substantial, comparatively speaking. There were also thousands of write-in votes in November 2008 for Ron Paul.
Thanks for this! It looks like Obama got 82% of the vote in the Dem primary…I wonder if that means anything.
2012 primary votes / 2008 genl election votes = X
Solve for the low-low-low X.
ABOLISH the INSANE Electoral College.
Save Democracy.
P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
Great story!
Say Richard –
How much “free speech” was purchased in Iowa and New Hampshire by corporate persons in this brave new Citizens United/FEC world that you champion? Please express it in quantitative terms, now that the USSC has affirmed that dollars = free speech.
Thanks.
OK thousands voted for HC and RP in general 2008 election fresh off of dem primary where HC was popular. 2012 Fact: Many dems now want 2 vote 4 RP but could not take rep ballot. How can anyone say most write ins 4 2012 dem primary might have been 4 HC rather than DR. Paul?