Example from Republicans Primary:
http://www.sos.nh.gov/presprim2008/rpresbelk.htm Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
The NH SoS site has sample ballots. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
Anyway, upthread the stormy present says:
My main problem is that few of the sites you link to cite where they got their data, and at least one of those that does cite a source (but doesn't link to it) uses numbers that don't match the source. Examples: The guy from Election Defense Alliance says he got his data from the NH Secretary of State web site. He doesn't link to it, but the data is here. He says Clinton had 91,717 optical-scan votes and 20,889 hand-counted votes, for a total of 112,606 votes. But the NH Secretary of State says Clinton got a total of 112,610 votes. He says Obama got 81,495 optical-scan votes and hand-counted votes for a total of 105,004 votes, but the NH SOS says he got a total of 105,007 votes.
My main problem is that few of the sites you link to cite where they got their data, and at least one of those that does cite a source (but doesn't link to it) uses numbers that don't match the source.
Examples: The guy from Election Defense Alliance says he got his data from the NH Secretary of State web site. He doesn't link to it, but the data is here.
He says Clinton had 91,717 optical-scan votes and 20,889 hand-counted votes, for a total of 112,606 votes. But the NH Secretary of State says Clinton got a total of 112,610 votes. He says Obama got 81,495 optical-scan votes and hand-counted votes for a total of 105,004 votes, but the NH SOS says he got a total of 105,007 votes.
However, there is also a "summary of Republican Primary by county" data set, and in it, as Drew says, there is a moderate amount of votes for the Democratic candidates. For instance, Obama gets 1800 votes. Looking at the sample Republican ballot available on the SoS site, it is apparent that these votes are write-ins.
So these cross-party votes (either registered Republicans who wrote in a Democrat, or Democrats who picked up the wrong ballot) might provide a useful control, especially in precinct-level comparisons. However, just for fun, here's the statewide percentages:
Obama Clinton Edwards Richardson Kucinich Crow Gravel Hunter 40.39 39.12 15.62 4.29 0.29 0.16 0.07 0.07
