While polling numbers, for the most part, won’t be available until 8:00 p.m. ET this evening, the first results are in for the 2024 presidential election. And it’s a tie.
Voters in Dixville Notch, N.H., cast their votes right after midnight on Tuesday, a long-held tradition in the tiny town. The process doesn’t take too long, seeing as there are just six registered voters—and this year, it was a dead heat between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Three people voted for each candidate, a somewhat fitting result given how tight this year’s election has been.
The results did, however, indicate Republican voters could be crossing party lines to vote for Harris. The town is composed of four registered Republicans and two registered undeclared voters. In the New Hampshire governor’s race, five of the six votes went to Republican Kelly Ayotte.
Early results from Dixville Notch have been an Election Day tradition for almost 65 years, starting with the 1936 general election.
The entire process takes just 10 to 15 minutes, and there are almost always more reporters than residents on hand. The voting takes place at midnight. First, officials play the National Anthem; then the voters walk one by one to the town’s single voting booth.
Results are counted by hand and read out loud, with the totals tallied on a whiteboard.
Generally, two other small New Hampshire towns—Millsfield and Hart’s Location—have also voted at midnight, but this year they chose to hold voting at more traditional hours.
Dixville Notch voted unanimously for Joe Biden in 2020 and leaned 4-3 for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
