According to the Concord Monitor, all write-ins in New Hampshire are now counted and the final results are:
Hillary Clinton – 1124 votes
Ron Paul – 1092 votes
Chuck Baldwin – 226 votes
Mitt Romney – 112 votes
Mike Huckabee – 61 votes
Cynthia McKinney – 41 votes
Sarah Palin – 18 votes
Bill Clinton – 13 votes
All told, there were 3359 write-in votes accounting for .47% of the vote. Ron Paul’s write-ins alone accounted for .15%, Chuck Baldwin’s for .03%, and Cynthia McKinney’s for .01%.
27 responses so far ↓
1 Mike Gillis // Nov 12, 2008 at 3:55 pm
It’ll be really interesting to see how many write-ins Hillary Clinton gets nationally.
That “PUMA” movement got quiet once the general election truly kicked in. It’ll be interesting to see how many stuck to their guns.
2 Trent Hill // Nov 12, 2008 at 3:58 pm
PUMA?
I’d bet Clinton gets maybe 10,000 write-ins nationally.
I’d bet Paul gets 25,000. But most of them wont be counted. But California and NH will…we’ll see.
3 Eternaverse // Nov 12, 2008 at 4:13 pm
New Hampshire only makes up .44% of the United State’s population. This means if the rest of the nation voted like New Hampshire then Clinton got more then 20,00o votes across the country.
4 Peter Orvetti // Nov 12, 2008 at 4:28 pm
PUMA — Party Unity, My Ass. The folks (mainly female, though note entirely) who refused to back Obama when Clinton ended her run.
5 Trent Hill // Nov 12, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Ah. Interesting.
6 Catholic Trotskyist // Nov 12, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Yes, I agree with Mike, surprisingly. It will be interesting to see how many votes Hillary got nationally, and whether or not she beat Ron Paul. Hopefully she did not, although I forgive her now for not supporting Obama in the beginning. The votes for Huckabee, Romney, and Palin! and Bill Clinton were surprising.
How many votes did Nader and Barr get in New Hampshire? It would be interesting to see if Hillary and Paul beat them. I do remember that they beat Phillies, who got something like 500. But New Hampshire was a good state for Hillary and Paul, so I don’t know if they got so many write-in votes elsewhere, especially since they have the most liberal laws on counting write-ins.
7 johncjackson // Nov 12, 2008 at 5:30 pm
I can’t see “PUMA” without picturing the fake semen dripping magazine ad.
8 millerpolitics // Nov 12, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I doubt we really ever know how many write ins Hillary or any one else got nationally because they probably won’t be counted in most states, I know that’s how it is here in Illinois.
9 libertyuk2000 // Nov 12, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Interesting indeed so let us review
Barr 2217
Phillies 531 +
Paul 1092 +
Baldwin 226 +
= 1849
Thus Barr did better than the other three “Liberty” candidates combined.
Hmm,
This despite Paul saying to vote for Baldwin
and Phillies campaigning for two years?
10 paulie cannoli // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Yes, write-ins don’t get as many votes as people who are listed on the ballot, while Phillies had no national media and did not have the support of the national party. Why would this be at all surprising?
11 Trent Hill // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:08 pm
libertyuk,
Had Paul been on the ballot,he would have easily out-performed Barr,as he did in Montana.
12 libertyuk2000 // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Why would this be at all surprising?
Because, Sir Phillies acted like he was going to whip Barr’s arse. Claimed he visited NH hundreds of times. Claimed he had the support of the entire NHLP.
Also — any truth to the rumor that Phillies has quit as chair of the MALP and joined the BTP or started his own party?
13 Ross Levin // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:26 pm
So maybe the whole NHLP did vote for him. They don’t account for every libertarian-leaning vote.
Why are you so eager to see Barr beat other candidates?
14 paulie cannoli // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Because, Sir Phillies acted like he was going to whip Barr’s arse.
Where did he say that?
Claimed he visited NH hundreds of times.
He probably has. It’s quite close; no need to pack an overnight bag.
Claimed he had the support of the entire NHLP.
Has he made that claim? Where?
He did say he won a vote of the NH LP.
It’s a pretty small group, smaller than his vote total, even if they all supported him.
15 citizen1 // Nov 12, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Connecticut has counted write-ins also.
Baldwin 287
McKinney 53
Calero 40
Moore 18
Baldwin got more than 2.5x the other register write-ins and more about 20% of what Peroutka got in 2004 as a ballot listed candidate.
16 Mike Gillis // Nov 12, 2008 at 7:19 pm
All NH votes from balloted candidates:
Barack Obama: 384,391 votes
John McCain: 316,397 votes
Ralph Nader: 3,429 votes
Bob Barr: 2,173 votes
George Phillies: 518 votes
write-ins below:
Hillary Clinton – 1124 votes
Ron Paul – 1092 votes
Chuck Baldwin – 226 votes
Mitt Romney – 112 votes
Mike Huckabee – 61 votes
Cynthia McKinney – 41 votes
Sarah Palin – 18 votes
Bill Clinton – 13 votes
17 Mike Gillis // Nov 12, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Barr didn’t get any write-ins from CT?
18 paulie cannoli // Nov 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm
No, he was not a registered write-in candidate.
19 Eternaverse // Nov 12, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I just went to Alan Keyes website and it seems that he’ll be a write-in candidate in Alabama, Alaska, D.C., Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. So he might get some more votes, though not alot because I don’t think he even campaigned this year.
20 Mike Gillis // Nov 12, 2008 at 8:35 pm
If he’d even tried just a LITTLE, he could have gotten on many of those ballots, like WA, IA, UT, MS, LA, NJ, RI and several others that require fewer than 1,500 sigs a piece.
21 Eternaverse // Nov 12, 2008 at 8:41 pm
All I think Alan Keyes did is make like 3 press releases and go to an event or 2. He could have ran a much better campaign and got the anti-McCain conservative vote. I know he’s trying to build a new party, does anyone know if it has ANY members?
22 Trent Hill // Nov 12, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Alan Keyes got a decent amount of votes in California though. Nationally, not including write-ins, he’s recieved over 32,000 votes.
23 Richie // Nov 12, 2008 at 9:34 pm
You know what’s extremely telling? NOBODY voted for Alan Keyes here in Maryland. What’s so telling about this, you ask? He was a registered write-in, and had a full slate of electors. NONE of his electors voted for him. It gets better, though. Mr. Keyes resides here in Maryland, and didn’t even vote for HIMSELF!
24 Trent Hill // Nov 12, 2008 at 9:35 pm
AHAHHAHAHHAHA
25 citizen1 // Nov 13, 2008 at 7:44 am
The Maryland state site does not yet list any votes for any write-in candidate.
26 inDglass // Nov 13, 2008 at 10:24 am
Perhaps Keyes wasn’t in it to win, but just to sabotage Baldwin.
27 Trent Hill // Nov 13, 2008 at 10:57 am
Gee,you think?
I kid. No I think it had much more to do with Mr. Keyes himself and less to do with anyone else,as usual.
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