First result of 2024 US election declared after surprising result in tiny town with unique voting tradition

AS predetermination time broke successful America six residents of a tiny municipality successful New Hampshire formed their ballot for the country's adjacent president - and the results are in.

At 12.10am connected Tuesday morning, officials successful Dixville Notch declared an adjacent divided betwixt Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat favourite Kamala Harris.

With lone six voters successful the distant township, each campaigner took location 3 ballots.

On Monday evening they gathered successful Dixville's cosy Tilloston House, with a tiny radical of property and officials successful attendance.

Before locals could formed their votes, a world-renowned accordion champion played the nationalist anthem arsenic they held their hands implicit their hearts.

The town's midnight voting contented dates each the mode backmost to 1960 - erstwhile railroad workers had to formed their ballots earlier going to enactment aboriginal successful the morning.

Because New Hampshire polling rules authorities that votes tin beryllium counted erstwhile everyone has fixed theirs successful - officials tin denote the results overmuch earlier than the remainder of the country.

In the 2020 election, President Joe Biden claimed each 5 votes formed successful the township adjacent Canada's borderline with the US.

The level divided betwixt Harris and Trump successful their votes is indicative of however choky the 2024 contention is acceptable to be.

While Harris claimed a tiny pb successful the polls connected Monday evening done to aboriginal Tuesday - some camps are insisting they are "feeling good" astir a win.

Both spent their last run days successful important battleground states including Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Harris was accompanied by a slew of celebrities who delivered their endorsements successful Philadelphia, with Lady Gaga performing her opus The Edge of Glory to circular things off.

Trump told voters helium would present the US to "new heights of glory" if elected - and some impressed upon their supporters however adjacent the contention was looking.

Other communities successful New Hampshire including Hart's Location and Millfield person carried retired akin midnight voting successful erstwhile elections - but haven't this year.

Tom Tillotson, the longtime municipality moderator of the vote, said "We get our 15 minutes of fame each 4 years".