Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump split first Election Day returns in New Hampshire hamlets

Three tiny towns in New Hampshire proudly cast and counted the first Election Day ballots, and this year they spilt, with Dixville Notch and Hart's Location choosing Hillary Clinton and Millsfield strongly backing Donald Trump. Taken all together, Trump won 32 to 25.

Libertarian Gary Johnson got three votes in Hart's Location and another one in Dixville Notch, and Bernie Sanders got a total of three write-in votes; Mitt Romney got another write-in, as did someone dreaming of a John Kasich-Bernie Sanders ticket in Hart's Location. You can watch the voting in Dixville Notch — which has picked the winner three out of the last four presidential races — below.

Dixville Notch is traditionally the first-in-the-nation Election Day polling place, but Millsfield is trying to muscle in on that claim. "We actually have a population here," Millsfield election official Wayne Urso told CNN. "They may be registered to vote there (in Dixville Notch), but if you ask them where they live, you'll find that nobody actually lives there."

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