The US presidential election got under way – on a small scale – with the seven voters of a tiny New Hampshire village who cast the nation\u2019s first ballots at the stroke of midnight.<\/p>\n
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Clay Smith was the first of the seven residents, including five men and two women, tovote as Tuesday\u2019s long awaited Election Day began. An eighth person voted by absentee ballot.<\/p>\n
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The tally was announced in a matter of minutes: the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton beat out her Republican rival Donald Trump, four to two, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
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Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson won one vote, and there was a write-in vote for Mitt Romney, the Republican who lost to incumbent President Barack Obama in 2012.<\/p>\n
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Nancy DePalma, a hotel worker voting in the village for the first time, said she backed Clinton.<\/p>\n
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\u2018I believe she\u2019s a strong person. She\u2019s got the experience. I think she\u2019s going to lead our country in the right direction,\u2019 DePalma told AFP.<\/p>\n
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She said she had voted for Bernie Sanders, the progressive senator from neighboring Vermont, in the Democratic primaries.<\/p>\n
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Another voter, Peter Johnson, who has cast his ballot here since 1982, said there is a populist movement spreading around the world and that no matter who wins the election, Trump \u2018has done well for this country.\u2019<\/p>\n
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New Hampshire may be one of the smallest US states but Clinton and Trump worked until the last minute to woo voters here. Clinton held a rally in New Hampshire on Sunday, and Trump did so on Monday.<\/p>\n
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They are neck and neck in New Hampshire as they battle for its four electoral votes.<\/p>\n
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Another of the midnight voters, Ross Vandeursen, said the presidential campaign had been tense and sensationalized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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