New Hampshire voters gather to vote for president NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Starting at the stroke of midnight, when a handful of small towns opened their polls, tens of thousands of New Hampshire voters cast ballots Tuesday, choosing their favorites among the pack of Republicans and Democrats who hope to one day be president. Here's what some of them had to say as they headed to the polls in Nashua, a small city near the state's border with Massachusetts. The former textile hub, now home to some notable tech firms like HP, Dell and Oracle and with a downtown enjoying a revival of sorts, has more than 50,000 registered voters, of which nearly 15,000 are Democrats, 12,000 are Republicans and 24,000 are unaffiliated. People are very committed to the political process here.