Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., [ where tradition of [ having [ the first Election Day ballots tallied ] lives on ]. Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, [ where a loud whoop accompanied the announcement in Tuesday's first minutes ]. The town of Hart's Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul. Independent Ralph Nader was on both towns' ballots but got no votes. "I'm not going to say [ I wasn't surprised ]," said Obama supporter Tanner Nelson Tillotson, [ whose name was drawn from a bowl [ to make him Dixville Notch's first voter ].