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Rindge votes for John McCain
by Andrea M. Garcia
Exchange Staff
John McCain won the presidential vote in Rindge by 62 votes over Barack Obama, and with 3,360 people voting at Rindge Memorial School last Tuesday, it was the biggest turnout in years.
Julie Labonte, the Administrator Assistant in Rindge for the past eleven years, said, "This is the largest turnout I've ever seen since I've been working here." The polls, which opened at 7 a.m., had a line out the door by 7:30, and by that time 220 people had already voted.
McCain's total vote was 1669 while Obama's was 1607. David M. Tower, a moderator at the polls, said on election day, "The fact that the vote is so close and that McCain won by less than 100 votes means that he is in trouble, this town is a Republican town and he should have won by more."
While Obama won 28 states, including New Hampshire, and 349 electoral votes, the polls show that it was very close in the popular vote. In almost each state it seemed that the winner won by more or less than ten percent.
John Hunt, a state legislator in office for the past 22 years, ran for re-election and was at the Rindge polls waiting to hear the outcome. When asked what he believes in Hunt said, "I believe in less government, I'm a big believer in Live Free or Die." He then lifted up his coat to show his belt which carried the slogan. Voters were listening to the interview with Hunt and one shouted, "For some it's not a slogan but a way of life."
As the voting continued,
Rindge resident Richard
Feldman, who is a firearm lobbyist and political consultant, said, "I'm not
happy with our country and the people are going to take it out on the
Republicans and the Reps know it."
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