Joe Biden Wins New Hampshire’s Democratic Primary With Write In Campaign — Update

UPDATE: Joe Biden was projected to win the New Hampshire primary via a write-in campaign.

His name did not appear on the ballot after the Democratic National Committee deemed South Carolina the first-in-the-nation primary. The Granite State went ahead with their Democratic primary, anyway.

Biden faced two longshot challengers: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) and motivational speaker Marianne Williamson.

As the last of the polls closed at 8 p.m., networks deemed the race in the Republican primary between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley as “too early to call.”

PREVIOUSLY: Polls are closing in New Hampshire, with the final precincts shutting their doors at 8 p.m. ET./5 p.m. PT.

CNN was at at two polling locations as the results were phoned in aloud for tabulation. MSNBC went to correspondents at high schools and other voting locations. Fox News’ Laura Ingraham was in studio while she offered a live shot of ballot boxes in Londonderry, NH. BBC had a report on the situation in Gaza.

PREVIOUSLY: The release of a batch of New Hampshire exit poll data had network pundits trying to discern the dynamics of this evening’s primary, in particular figures that showed that 53% of the electorate was not Republican.

The data showed that 45% identified as independents and 8% as Democrats, compared to a non-Republican share of 45% in 2016, per NBC News’ Steve Kornacki.

“If this is what this electorate looks like, it’s 53% not Republican,” said NBC News’ Chuck Todd on NBC News Now. “You can already hear what MAGA world is going to say — ‘Democrats and independents are invading our primary.’ But my goodness, less than 50% Republican for Trump…this is a flashing yellow sign…Put it this way. This is not a race we are calling at poll close.”

A CNN exit poll showed that 64% answered “No” to the question, “Are you a part of the MAGA movement?” Another question: “Do you think Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 election?” That was split 49%-49%.

The exit poll numbers change as more data comes in during the evening. Some polls close at 7 p.m. ET and some at 8 p.m.

“This EARLY round exit is a tell, if it holds. Means lots of non-base R voters showed up,” wrote political analyst Mike Murphy. “Good sign for Haley. I’m pretty dubious it’ll be enough for to win but should tighten things up. Potentially a lot.”

Trump seemed to have been watching the exit polls, too. He wrote on Truth Social, “SO RIDICULOUS THAT DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, ESPECIALLY SINCE CROOKED JOE BIDEN HAS ABANDONED NEW HAMPSHIRE—BUT WORD IS WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL!!!” Voters had to have changed their party affiliation months ago, but undeclared voters have the choice of casting a ballot in either primary.

Haley supporters began gathering at a conference center in Concord, NH, where her campaign had set up a lectern in front of a large video screen showing Fox News coverage, and hung a banner with the slogan, “Strong & Proud.”

Trump’s supporters are gathering about 35 miles to the south, at the Sheraton in Nashua, NH.