incomes's steve delaney filed this report. >> it may be the equivalent of the orackle as deafify. all the sages have to come here because it's part of the american mythology of politics. the myth is that the republicans always pick the winner that their primaries and -- primaries and here they are, all of them. the political gurus of outermost new hampshire. programs the most spoiled electorate in the country. chris: despite all the fanfare, the process takes only a minute or two. here it is in 1976. >> of the 25 voters, 15 are republicans and 120 are democrats. at the stroke of midnight -- >> my watch says 12:00 -- >> with the nation's media watching, the g.o.p. cast 11 votes for gerald ford and four votes for ronald reagan. the democrats split. six for jimmy carter and one each for birdal, birch and morris jackson and one write-invote. neil till son, who happens to own the hotels where most of the voters work, says the tally isn't necessarily a preview of the new hampshire outcome. >> we've been wrong. >> so dixville notch has won again, as it has every primary since 1960. the m