In the U.S. Elections, former Vice President Joe Biden scored a symbolic win in a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known.
Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, whose population is only 12 people.
The ballots were cast in the minutes after midnight, becoming some of the first cast and counted on Election Day.
According to CNN, it is by tradition that all eligible voters gather in the storied "Ballot Room" at The Balsams resort in Dixville Notch to cast their secret ballots once polls open at midnight. Once every ballot is cast, votes are tallied and results announced -- hours before anywhere else, making it a favored spot for reporters and observers eager for any hints of what is to come on Election Day.
The unincorporated township in New Hampshire's northern tip, however, isn't always predictive of the eventual winner, or even the state's pick.
In 2016, Dixville Notch went for then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, even though then-GOP nominee Donald Trump went on to win the Electoral
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