Jan. 10, 2012 New Hampshire Primary Results 


"Romney Is Winner In New Hampshire, Blunting Attacks" - New York Times (Washington Edtion)

"Romney wins easily in New Hampshire" - Washington Post

"Romney Wins New Hampshire" - Wall Street Journal

"It's Mitt by a mile; Paul, Huntsman battle" - Union Leader
 
"Romney makes good on second chance; Paul, Huntsman follow behind" - Concord Monitor

Speeches and Statements:  Romney  |  Paul  |  Huntsman  |  Santorum  |  Perry  |  Karger  |  DNC/NHDP

Republican Primary: Official
Shows Candidates Obtaining At Least 200 Votes

BACHMANN
 		GINGRICH
 		HUNTSMAN
 		KARGER
 		PAUL PERRY
 		ROEMER
 		ROMNEY
 		RUBASH
 SANTORUM
 		MORE(20)
w/in*
 OBAMA
 TOTAL
Total
 350
(0.14%)
 23,421
(9.43%)
 41,964
(16.89%)
 345
(0.14%)
 56,872
(22.89%)
 1,764
(0.71%)
 950
(0.38%)
 97,591
(39.24%)
 250
(0.10%)
 23,432
(9.43%)
 987
(0.40%)
 264
(0.11%)
 285
(0.11%)
 248,475
Belknap
 26
 1,277
 1,964
 6
 3,221
 124
 47
 5,300
 10
 1,306
 51
 10
 21
 13,363
Carroll
 		20
 1,222
 1,792
 11
 2,578
 75
 57
 4,699
 12
 827
 37
 11
 8
 11,349
Cheshire
 25
 999
 2,465
 22
 3,101
 83
 66
 3,717
 11
 1,392
 58
 16
 26
 11,981
Coos
 		6
 632
 719
 5
 1,431
 36
 17
 1,330
 4
 520
 27
 9
 14
 4,750
Grafton
 		34
 1,543
 3,181
 27
 3,603
 123
 73
 4,387
 13
 1,289
 88
 15
 21
 14,397
Hillsborough
 		80
 7,049
 11,847
 112
 17,106
 515
 247
 30,945
 77
 7,045
 286
 		101
 84
 75,494
Merrimack
 34
 2,923
 6,081
 52
 7,181
 252
 123
 9,795
 24
 3,007
 126
 21
 45
 29,664
Rockingham
 82
 5,427
 9,463
 72
 12,548
 362
 206
 29,054
 81
 5,011
 200
 59
 31
 62,596
Strafford
 33
 1,530
 2,908
 28
 4,362
 123
 101
 6,283
 15
 2,215
 75
 13
 22
 17,708
Sullivan
 10
 819
 1,544
 10
 1,741
 71
 13
 2,081
 3
 820
 39
 9
 13
 7,173
20 Republican candidates on the ballot obtained fewer than 200 votes: Johnson (181), Cain (161), Lawman (119), Hill (108), Linn (83), Meehan (54), Story (42), Drummond (42), Betzler (29), Robinson (25), Greenleaf (24), Callahan (20), Martin (19), Swift (18), Brewer (15), Wuensche (15), Davis Jr. (14), Crow (12), Cort (3), Vestermark (3).  260 Republican write-in votes including 69 for fictional characters: Belknap (9), Carroll (11), Cheshire (16), Coos (9), Grafton (15), , Hillsborough (99), Merrimack (20), Rockingham (59), Strafford (13), Sullivan (9).  Also included in this column 4 write-ins for Vermin Supreme (Belknap 1, Hillsb. 2, Merrimack 1).  Obama write-ins are shown in a separate column (>200 votes).
 
Note that the number initially reported for Fred Karger was 485.  This was due to an error in the Secretary of State's office which mistakenly gave Karger 140 votes in Mont Vernon that were actually for Jon Huntsman.

Also note: delegate slates.

Democratic Primary: Official
Obama finished way ahead with 49,080 votes.  His closest competitors were Republican write-ins Paul (2,289), Romney (1,815), and Huntsman (1,238).

Cowan (945), Supreme (833), Terry (442), Haywood (423), Freis (400), Ely (287), O'Connor (266), Richardson (264), Wolfe Jr. (245), O'Donnell Jr. (222), Greene (213), Jordan (155), Tyler (106).  Republicans: Paul (2,289), Romney (1,815), Huntsman (1,238), Santorum (303), Gingrich (275) Roemer (29), Karger (26), Perry (17).  Scatter (753).

Delegates.



Analysis
249,655 New Hampshirites voted in the 2012 Republican primary compared to 239,328 who voted in the 2008 primary.  Total registration on Jan. 10, 2012 was 791,249 (includes 24,963 who registered at the polls) comprising 259,968 Republicans (32.86%), 226,720 Democrats (28.65%) and 304,561 Undeclared (38.49%).  Of the Undeclared a bit more than one third, 110,424 voters, declared a party and voted in that respective primary; 99,106 in Republican primary and 11,318 in the Democratic.  After voting 88,844 of the 110,424 switched back to Undeclared.  Secretary of State Bill Gardner was spot on with his prediction that 250,000 ballots would be cast in the Republican primary, but high with his prediction of 75,000 ballots in the Democratic primary.

Former Gov. Mitt Romney led the campaign in New Hampshire from the outset; it was really a question of how much he would win by.  He ended up with a broad and fairly substantial margin of 40,728 votes (16.4 percentage points) over his nearest competitor, Rep. Ron Paul, and only about 1,000 votes less than Paul and former Gov. Jon Huntsman combined.  Romney carried every county.  Paul achieved a marked improvement over his 2008 total, jumping from 18,308 votes (7.65%) to 56,872 votes (22.91%).  Huntsman declared his third place showing a "ticket to ride" onto South Carolina, but given the amount of time he spent in state it barely met that level.  Former Sen. Rick Santorum finished fourth, as some commentators noted with fewer votes than Huckabee had gained in 2008.  Surprisingly, former Speaker Newt Gingrich finished fifth, in a virtual tie with Santorum (he received 11 fewer votes). 

Results of Recent Republican Primaries in New Hampshire
2008 Republican primary: McCain 88,571 (37.01%); Romney 75,546 (31.57%); Huckabee 26,859 (11.22%); Giuliani 20,439 (8.54%); Paul 18,308 (7.65%)...239,328

2004 Republican primary: Bush 53,962 (79.80%); Other Republicans (13) 4,597 (6.80%); Democratic w/ins 8,088 (11.96%)...67,620

2000 Republican primary: McCain 115,606 (48.45%); Bush 72,330 (30.31%); Forbes 30,166 (12.64%); Keyes 15,179 (6.36%)...238,606