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Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 11:06AM 
Granite State Gatherings
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State Director Americans for Prosperity New Hampshire |
AFPNH, NH Primary, Newsletter, Political Activism Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 10:55AM Note: Gardner said that 60,996 voted in the Democratic primary, far short of the 75,000 he had predicted. Of those, 49,480, or 81 percent voted for President Barack Obama. He noted that in 1996, when Bill Clinton was running for reelection uncontested, there were about 93,000 votes cast in the Democratic primary, which was 82 percent of the votes cast.
Primary set record for GOP turnout
Union Leader
John DiStaso
January 12, 2012
A GOP RECORD. Voter turnout Tuesday set a record for a Republican presidential primary but fell short of the Democrats' turnout record set four years ago.
The Secretary of State's office released county, city and town summaries showing that 247,223 votes were cast for candidates on the Republican ballot.
That's a turnout of 45 percent of the 546,411 names of Republican and undeclared voters on the Jan. 4 checklist.
Democrats are not eligible to vote in the GOP primary, just as registered Republicans cannot vote in a Democratic primary. Undeclared, or independent, voters can vote in either primary.
As of Jan. 4, there were 314,278 undeclared voters and 232,133 Republican voters on the checklist, Secretary of State Bill Gardner said.
Gardner said that when the few blank ballots cast in the GOP primary are counted, the number will be closer to the 250,000 he had predicted, but will fall just short.
Still, said Gardner, it's a record for a Republican presidential primary. The previous high in a Republican primary came in 2008, when 241,039 GOP votes were cast.
Gardner said Democrats set the record for turnout in 2008, when 288,672 votes were cast.
Gardner said that 60,996 voted in the Democratic primary, far short of the 75,000 he had predicted. Of those, 49,480, or 81 percent voted for President Barack Obama. He noted that in 1996, when Bill Clinton was running for reelection uncontested, there were about 93,000 votes cast in the Democratic primary, which was 82 percent of the votes cast.
That's better than the 78 percent George W. Bush received in 2004, when he received 69,414 votes
Obama, by the way, received 282 write-in votes on the GOP ballot.
NH Primary, RNC, Voter Turnout Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 08:22AM 
LEESVILLE, S.C. - Gov. Rick Perry tonight issued the following statement:
"Tonight's results in New Hampshire show the race for 'conservative alternative' to Mitt Romney remains wide open. I skipped New Hampshire and aimed my campaign right at conservative South Carolina, where we've been campaigning hard and receiving an enthusiastic welcome. I believe being the only non-establishment outsider in the race, the proven fiscal and social conservative and proven job creator will win the day in South Carolina.
"South Carolina is the next stop. I have a head start here, and it's friendly territory for a Texas governor and veteran with solid outsider credentials, the nation's best record of job creation, and solid fiscal, social and Tea Party conservatism."
Election 2012, Gov Perry, NH Primary, South Carolina Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 08:21AM Manchester, New Hampshire – Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz released the following statement on the results of tonight’s Republican primary in New Hampshire:
“Mitt Romney may have won in New Hampshire tonight, but he can't run from the fact that his support was rapidly eroding before any vote was even cast. Over the course of the last few months Romney had the support of as much as 45 percent of the primary electorate – at one point boasting a nearly 30 percent lead over the rest of the GOP field. But tonight he fell far short of meeting expectations – especially in a state where he’s a part-time resident, which is next door to his home state of Massachusetts, in the same media market. He fell short next to a state where he raised a family and served as Governor, and where he’s been running on and off for political office over nearly two decades and for president for seven years.
“But what’s more troubling for Mitt Romney is the fact that the premise of his candidacy is unraveling. He leaves here wounded by a series of episodes that made it clear to voters – both in New Hampshire and for those watching across the country – that he is completely out of touch with the concerns of America’s working and middle-class families. Romney disingenuously claimed just a few days ago that he once feared getting a pink slip when in fact his campaign can’t offer any examples of when that might have been the case. Yesterday, he went as far as saying that he enjoys being able to fire people. He continues to call himself a job creator, but his accounts of creating 100,000 jobs at Bain Capital have been knocked down across the board. Even worse, as one of his colleagues said, he never considered what they did at Bain Capital as job creation. What they did was make a profit while companies were sometimes driven to bankruptcy, workers were laid off, and jobs were sent overseas. These revelations have led to a precipitous drop in Mitt Romney’s support – and his failure to perform better in the Granite State is a significant setback for both his campaign and his candidacy for president.”
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DNC, Election 2012, NH Primary Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 08:13AM |
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:45 PM From Oyster River High School Polling Location |
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A photograph of Democratic Presidential candidate Vermin Supreme taken this past Saturday in Manchester, NH. Courtesy Susan Roman
Dear Members of the Community,
The unofficial First in the Nation NH Presidential Primary results for Durham, NH are in. The polls opened in Durham at 7 AM and closed at 7 PM at the Oyster River High School.
In total 1,097 Republican and 676 Democratic ballots were cast for a total of 1,773 votes. This turnout is equivalent to a moderately high turnout in a town/school board election for Durham.
Election results are as follows:
REPUBLICAN PARTY Joe Story – 0 Linden Swift – 0 James A. Vestermark – 0 Vern Wuensche – 0 Michele Bachmann – 1 Bear Betzler – 0 Timothy Brewer – 0 Herman Cain – 1 Mark Callahan – 0 Hugh Cort – 0 Randy Crow – 0 L. John Davis, Jr. – 0 Keith Drummond – 0 Newt Gingrich – 62 Stewart J. Greenleaf – 0 Christopher Hill – 0 Jon Huntsman – 296 Gary Johnson – 3 Fred Karger – 0 Jeff Lawman – 0 Benjamin Linn – 1 Andy Martin – 0 Michael J. Meehan – 0 Ron Paul – 219 Rick Perry – 1 Joe Robinson – 0 Buddy Roemer – 10 Mitt Romney – 437 Kevin Rubash – 1 Rick Santorum – 56 Miscellaneous Write-ins – 3 Blank Ballots - 3
DEMOCRATIC PARTY Randall Terry - 0 Aldous C. Tyler – 0 John Wolfe, Jr. – 0 Ed Cowan – 2 Bob Ely – 3 Craig “Tax Freeze” Freis – 2 Bob Greene – 2 John D. Haywood – 2 Robert B. Jordan – 1 Barack Obama – 632 Cornelius Edward O’Connor – 0 Edward T. O’Donnell, Jr. – 2 Darcy G. Richardson – 3 Vermin Supreme – 6 Miscellaneous Write-ins - 16 Blank Ballots - 3
A thank you is extended to all of the election officials who worked hard preparing for and officiating a smooth election day in Durham today.
A thank you is also extended to the Oyster River Cooperative School District for the use of the High School gymnasium all day, as well as to the Durham Department of Public Works for setting up the polling place for citizens of the community.
Please have a good evening.
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Todd
Todd I. Selig, Administrator Town of Durham, New Hampshire |
Durham, Election 2012, NH Primary 