SALEM (Sputnik) — The voter turnout for the 2016 presidential primaries is expected to be over 50 percent, with the Republican party mobilizing the larger portion of voters, election moderators in Salem, New Hampshire told Sputnik on Tuesday.
"It’s the Republicans who are getting out the vote today," assistant election moderator for Salem’s 6th Ward, Mike Carney Jr., said.
Salem is the sixth largest town in the US state of New Hampshire, which is holding its presidential primary to choose the candidates to represent the Republican and Democratic parties in the November election.
The 2016 primary has also drawn a larger number of young, first-time voters who were able to register and cast their ballot on Tuesday.
Carney noted that polling stations usually see about one-third the number of new registrations as they are seeing today.
Assistant election moderator in Salem’s 3rd Ward, Eric Ormsby, noted that "definitely… more Republicans vote," in the primary.
Ormsby also said he expects to see between 55 percent voter turnout by the end of the night, which he said is lower than the anticipated 60 percent.
Most polling stations in New Hampshire will close at around 8pm EST (12:00 a.m. GMT), with the winners expected to be announced before midnight.
