Editing Hart's Location, New Hampshire (section)

===Federal elections ===

{{Main|New Hampshire midnight voting}}
New Hampshire law allows towns with fewer than 100 residents to open the polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered voters have cast their ballots.<ref name="2008primary">{{Cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/01/08/early_voting_tradition_continues_in_2_nh_towns |title=McCain, Obama, get early votes in N.H. villages |first=Clarke |last=Canfield |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=January 8, 2008 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=The Boston Globe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102045018/http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/01/08/early_voting_tradition_continues_in_2_nh_towns/ |archive-date=November 2, 2008 }}</ref>   Hart's Location is one of the New Hampshire communities where the first votes are cast in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] New Hampshire primaries, the first [[U.S. presidential primary|presidential primaries]] in the United States during each presidential election year. The tradition of first-in-the-nation voting in Hart's Location dates back to 1948 when residents initially voted at 7 AM. In 1952, the town shifted to midnight to facilitate greater access to the polls for railroad workers.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2024 |title=Hart's Location will skip midnight voting for 2024 presidential primary |url=https://www.nhpr.org/politics/2024-01-04/harts-location-will-skip-midnight-voting-for-2024-presidential-primary |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref> 

In 1964, Hart's Location discontinued the practice of midnight voting. In 1996 the tradition was revived, thanks to new owners of a local [[inn]] who aimed to garner more media attention for the small town. In 2024, it was announced that the town would once again abandon the practice. Local officials cited reasons such as the increasing length of ballots, the time required for vote tallying, and new stringent voting requirements that complicate the process.<ref name=":1" />

====Election results====

'''Boldfaced names''' indicate the ultimate nationwide winner of each contest:

=====1996=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! '''Dem. primary:'''<br />(12 votes) || '''Rep. primary:'''<br />(19 votes) || '''General election:'''<br />(31 votes)
|-
| '''[[Bill Clinton]]''' – 12 || [[Lamar Alexander]] – 8 || [[Bob Dole]] – 13
|-
|  || '''[[Bob Dole]]''' – 3 || '''[[Bill Clinton]]''' – 12
|-
|  || [[Pat Buchanan]] – 3 || [[Ross Perot]] – 4
|-
|  || [[Steve Forbes]] – 3 || [[Harry Browne]] – 2
|-
|  || [[Phil Gramm]] – 1
|-
|  || [[Colin Powell]] – 1, write-in
|}

=====2000=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! '''Dem primary:'''<br />(12 votes) || '''Rep primary:'''<br />(14 votes) || '''General election:'''<br />(30 votes)
|-
| <span style="white-space: nowrap;">[[Bill Bradley]] – 9</span> || [[John McCain]] – 9 || <span style="white-space: nowrap;">'''[[George W. Bush]]''' – 17</span>
|-
| '''[[Al Gore]]''' – 3 || <span style="white-space: nowrap;">'''[[George W. Bush]]''' – 5</span> 
|| [[Al Gore]] – 13
|}

=====2004=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! '''Dem. primary:'''<br />(16 votes) || '''Rep. primary:'''<br />(13 votes) || '''General election:'''<br />(31 votes)
|-
| [[Wesley Clark]] – 6 || '''[[George W. Bush]]''' – 13 || <span style="white-space: nowrap;">'''[[George W. Bush]]''' – 16</span>
|-
| '''[[John Kerry]]''' – 5 ||  || [[John Kerry]] – 14
|-
| [[Howard Dean]] – 3 ||  || [[Ralph Nader]] – 1
|-
| [[John Edwards]] – 2 ||  ||
|}

=====2008=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! '''Dem. primary:'''<br />(13 votes)<ref name="2008primary"/> || '''Rep. primary:'''<br />(16 votes)<ref name=2008primary /> || '''General election:'''<br />(29 votes)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7707667.stm |title=Obama wins in early-voting towns |website=[[BBC Online]] |date=November 4, 2008 |accessdate=May 20, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Barack Obama]]''' – 9 || '''[[John McCain]]''' – 6 || '''[[Barack Obama]]''' – 17
|-
| [[Hillary Clinton]] – 3 || [[Mike Huckabee]] – 5 || [[John McCain]] – 10
|-
| [[John Edwards]] – 1 || [[Ron Paul]] – 4 || [[Ron Paul]] – 2, write-in
|-
|  || [[Mitt Romney]] – 1 ||
|}

=====2012=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! '''Dem. primary:'''<br /><ref name=primary2012>{{cite web |url=https://hartslocation.com/ |title=Hart's Location, New Hampshire |website=hartslocation.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524034739/http://www.hartslocation.com/ |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> || '''Rep. primary:'''<br />(13 votes)<ref name=primary2012/> || '''General election:'''<br />(33 votes)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-election-day-voters-in-two-tiny-nh-locations-give-obama-lead/|title=First Election Day voters, in two tiny N.H. locations, give Obama lead|date=November 6, 2012|publisher=CBS News}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Barack Obama]]''' – 10 || '''[[Mitt Romney]]''' – 5 || '''[[Barack Obama]]''' – 23
|-
| || [[Ron Paul]] – 4 || [[Mitt Romney]] – 9
|-
| || [[Jon Huntsman Jr.|Jon Huntsman]] – 2 ||  [[Gary Johnson]] – 1
|-
| || [[Newt Gingrich]] – 1 ||
|-
|  || [[Rick Perry]] – 1 ||
|}

=====2016=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%" 
! '''Dem. primary:'''<br />(21 votes) || '''Rep. primary:'''<br />(14 votes) || '''General election:'''<br />(37 votes)<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Election Results - Hart's Location|url=http://hartslocation.com/2016-election-results/|publisher=Town of Hart's Location|access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernie Sanders]] – 12 || [[John Kasich]] – 5 || [[Hillary Clinton]] – 17
|-
| '''[[Hillary Clinton]]''' – 7 || '''[[Donald Trump]]''' – 4  ||'''[[Donald Trump]]''' – 14
|-
| Mark Stewart Greenstein – 2 || [[Chris Christie]] – 2  ||[[Gary Johnson]] – 3
|-
|  || [[Jeb Bush]] – 1  ||[[Bernie Sanders]] – 2
|-
|  || [[Ben Carson]] – 1  ||[[John Kasich]]/Sanders (write-in) – 1
|-
|  || [[Marco Rubio]] – 1 ||
|}

=====2020=====

{| class="wikitable" width="70%" 
!'''Dem. primary:'''<br />(18 votes)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/new-hampshire-primary-dixville-notch-harts-location-millsfield/30864906|title=First results of 2020 New Hampshire Primary are in after midnight voting|date=February 11, 2020|website=WMUR|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>||'''Rep. primary:'''<br />(20 votes)<ref name=":0" />||'''General election:'''<br />(43 votes)<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Election Results|url=https://hartslocation.com/2020-election-results/|access-date=January 5, 2021|website=Hart's Location}}</ref>
|-
|[[Amy Klobuchar]] – 6 ||'''[[Donald Trump]]''' – 15
|'''[[Joe Biden]]''' – 23
|-
|[[Elizabeth Warren]] – 4 ||[[Bill Weld]] – 4 ||[[Donald Trump]] – 20
|-
|[[Andrew Yang]] – 3 || Mary Maxwell – 1 ||
|-
|[[Bernie Sanders]] – 2
|  ||
|-
|'''[[Joe Biden]]''' – 1
|  ||
|-
|[[Tulsi Gabbard]] – 1
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|[[Tom Steyer]] – 1
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