An Early Sign It's Going President Bush's Way

President George W. Bush won an early election day victory in the small New Hampshire hamlet of Dixville Notch which is renowned for casting the country's first ballots in US presidential elections.

A tiny population of 26 registered voters backed Bush by a comfortable 19-7 margin over Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry , according to a tally by the town clerk's office.

The 26 voters included 11 registered Republicans, two registered Democratic voters and 13 independents, according to the town clerk's records.

Early election day math suggested eight independents voted for Bush while five opted to support Kerry.

In the 2000 election, 21 Dixville Notch voters backed Bush while five voted for then Democratic candidate Al Gore and a single voter backed Nader out of 27 registered voters.

In the prior two elections, in 1992 and 1996, Democrat Bill Clinton won and was re-elected to the White House after a tighter spread of votes occurred in Dixville Notch.

Reminds me of an episode of The West Wing.