Hart's Location Election Results 2012: Obama 23, Romney 9, Johnson 1

Hart's Location Election Results 2012: Obama 23, Romney 9, Johnson 1
President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking at his final campaign stop on the evening before the 2012 election, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking at his final campaign stop on the evening before the 2012 election, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

By tradition, the town of Hart's Location, located in Carroll County, New Hampshire, is one of two locations that get to cast the first votes of the presidential election just after midnight on Election Day. The other location, also in New Hampshire, is Dixville Notch.

This year, the tiny town cast 23 votes for President Barack Obama, giving him the win over Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who earned nine votes. Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson received one votes.

In 2008, President Obama carried Hart's Location, winning 17 votes to Senator John McCain's 10. Ron Paul earned two write-in votes.

[CORRECTION: Hart's Location originally reported two votes for Gary Johnson. That total has since been updated.]

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