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I just voted and it was like nothing I’ve ever seen at my polling place, and I’m including Presidential elections in that analysis. There was even an accident in the parking lot because the place (it’s a large local Temple) is just not set up to accomodate that kind of traffic.
You had blue haired matrons bedecked in clanky gold bracelets and nose-pierced twenty-somethings smelling of day old Marlboros and Drank trying to negotiate the vast morass of eager to vote-humanity.
It’s a beautiful thing.
That’s our democracy at work, and whatever our outcome today, you gotta love it. It’s good to see people fired up and involved in the process, because no matter what the cynical (mostly young) people say on these here internets, it does matter, and your vote can bring change to our on-the-ropes Republic.
If you don’t believe that, just look at what Nancy and Harry and Mr. Obama have done in four short years. That’s a lot of repair work ahead of us, here in the U.S. I know some of my wiser non-American correspondants also understand how critical this election is for their respective Free World countries as well.
Of course, we have our clueless-statist element here too. I’m afraid they will be with us until the prospect of free money no longer becomes appealing.
But enough of that. Today we have a chance to strike a blow for sovereign independence, property rights and limited government, so let’s take this golden opportunity to do so.
Use that franchise wisely!
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Request: I am curious to hear what you are all seeing at your polling places. So if it’s not too much trouble, if you are an American, here or overseas, please let me know in the comments section a) if you have voted today (or by absentee) and b) what your polling place looked like today (disclose your location as much as you feel comfortable).
Thanks in advance and God Bless America… we sure do need it right now.
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Viva republican!
Viva revolution!
Viva Villa!
Voted early last week. People pissed with voting instructions NOT in english, orderly however.
Were you this jolly 2 years ago? Are you going to keep your bumper sticker on for the full term if your incumbent wins?
No bumper stickers for me anymore. I learned that lesson when some evil lib keyed my car during the Bush years.
You libs are bats, truly. Of course I wasn’t happy two years ago! The bad guys snuck one by that year.
But let’s see what today brings… my faith in the wisdom of the American people — who seem to have finally put down the People and Newsweek Magazines — may be restored!
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Actually not a lib, just somewhat of a dick.
American wisdom – Pah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha sigh.
Great response.
Maybe not a lib, but about as convincing as one.
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Voted this morning at around 7:15. Turnout seemed high. I Waiting in line for approximately 40 minutes. This is a suburb of Dallas, very Republican.
Wow! 40 minutes! That’s dedication!
I imagine the people of Texas are a bit perterbed at what they see going on outside their borders… and I don’t mean their Southern one!
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Yea, maybe we should build the wall around our Northern border.
I think there are a lot of motivated voters around here today.
When Texas goes independent again, there’ll be a lot of moving trucks coming from the north! 😉
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If things stay the course, Texas will be sovereign in < 10 years.
Haven’t voted yet. Will hit the polls around 5 this evening. Flip cam goes with me. You folks need to be prepared to document any shenanigans!
No shenannigans at our place, but it’s more GOP leaning.
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We have vote by mail here, so the dems can cheat easier.
I’ve heard that thousands of overseas military did not get their ballots on time. Shocker!
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Treu that. We did not receive our ballots in time to give our overseas people much of a chance to make the round trip. Supposedly some snafu in ballot printing at the state level.
That the military votes overwhelmingly GOP probably has NOTHING to do with it.
Nor that the bureaucrats in charge of ballot distribution are SEIU dues payers.
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Elementary dear Watson.
The V.King has announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney for 2012…
Also The V.King will announce tonight’s outcomes in 58 minutes….
By the way Jake…the Uncle Sam pic you used look’s way too much like Jeff Bridges for my liking…
Is “the Dude” a lib, then?
I know his dad was not.
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I want to say that it is impressive to see/hear the enthusiasm about casting your ballots. I lived in the USofEh during the Reagan years so experienced a couple of elections. Both Dem’s and Rep’s conviction to their causes was/is remarkable => Polarization? I prefer to think it as deep seated dedication to the respective positions. I would just like to see a more workable post-election model that brings about a more productive approach to dealing with some very serious situations. I take a lot of liberties in “pointy-stickin” Ahmarkans, but it’s just because you’re easy targets because you’re still the biggest kid in the 3rd grade. Good luck with whatever the election outcome brings you; and Jake never stop advancing your cause.
I like to think of us as Lincoln did: “The Last best hope of Earth.”
It’s all relative, of course, but you are better off putting your money with us (metaphorically, at least) than just about anyone else, even at this late date.
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Just got back from voting. N. Fl. Golf Course community, great turn out. There was only one campaigner at the precinct. He had a table setup for the Dem party. He was sitting in his chair reading the paper, wouldn’t even look up at the people passing by – seems his heart wasn’t in it.
They are really not supposed to be campaigning at the election site. That dude was probably worried someone might take exception to the last four years….
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Voted this morning at 9am Midwest. My neighbor works the polls, I asked him how was turnout? He said very very strong. So I asked as strong as the Presidential Election, he said much busier.
That was true at my place as well, and I’ve voted there for the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections.
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29 minutes…stay tuned
Busy parking lot @ 9:00 AM. No lines though. I’ve only seen small lines once. The town is just too small. I did not see any wrestlers in the parking lot.
Connecticut? So Blumenthal is slated to win that one, eh, despite his tall tales about Viet Nam service?
Execrable.
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Linda was relentless with the ads. I think that hurt her, especially with women and middle of the road Republicans (think Chris Shays supporters) which we have a lot of up here. Blumenthal had negatives (especially some actions which hurt small businesses) which she never addressed. She tried to do the “softer side” late in the campaign, but it came across pretty lame.
Her best ad was a clip from a debate, where Blumenthal tried to explain how to create a job. I still think if Rob Simmons had run a proper campaign early on, he would have won the nomination and been able to beat Blumenthal. Apparently, Linda did the leg work with the local town committees, and had the nomination wrapped up before the convention.
My .02 FWIW from the land of steady habits.
Peter Schiff would have been the best thing Connecticut could have done in order to bring some common sense and intelligence to D.C.
Warren Mosler was running as an Independent. I never saw an ad for him. It seemed a half hearted attempt. I heard him on an interview on Bloomberg. He seemed to be the common sense candidate, but like I said, no exposure.
Voted by mail last week – no one within sight of the mailbox!
Voted 8am, uptight neighborhood in metro Detroit. Nobody there. Two MILF’s in the parking lot with DEM signs. Big town, but nobody works so they were likely all still sleeping.
Light turnout at Dem precincts is what I am hearing as well. Who’s going to get out of bed to actually take one for the team on these guys anyway? I know voter turnout in 2006-08 was also depressed on the GOP side…
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Voted in San Francisco at 8 am. Polling station was a ghost town.
Sounds like that many less votes for Moonbeam/Boxer.
I have to think that Californians are going to wake up at last and shed themselves of that terrible person, Boxer.
That “call me Senator” bit alone would have sunk her in any of the 49 other states…
Okay, maybe not Vermont.
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My faith in Cowlifawnians will be restored if they throw Boxer and Waters in the ditch. If they don’t, I would begin to write off that state as a functioning entity. Keeping either in office is obvious proof there is not enough intelligent life there to sustain it.
Agreud.
I knew they were in trouble when I visited my uncle in his wealthy Marin suburb and found out that the town had banned fireplaces. Oy!
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No, you can HAVE a fireplace, you just can’t burn wood in it.
redonkulous.
I was gone before that conversation happened. What is the reason for that? (The real reason. Not just “hippy skippy retardo-ness”.) Fire hazards in that wooded area? Smell? Hurting defenseless trees? That would be an awesome answer.
No, it’s a carbon footprint issue.
You used to live out there, you know how they roll.
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(sticking hot poker in eyes)
Out here in CA I feel like we are all losers with Brown/Whitman and Boxer/Fiornia on the ballot. I can’t believe Meg spent $120-$170 MM trying to be the governor. Not too many people at polling station here because of our mail-in ballots
What’s wrong w. Carly and Meg? They were Fortune 500 CEO’s and that’s a bad thing? Whitman is kind of tired looking, but you can’t say she’s not very bright.
And Fiorina v. Boxer?? Is that really a tough call?
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Meg I actually like and respect her business acumen, but am a little concerned about her jumping to the big stage (CA Gov) as a first foray into politics. I like the idea of successful corporate execs involved in our govt and am pretty sick of career politicians who are not held accountable.
I wouldn’t classify Fiorina as a successful exec and I wouldn’t classify Boxer as a successful politician, so we all lose.
My hope is that Meg turns out as good as Bloomberg….
Bloomberg is good? I thought his main goal was to disarm the populace. That in my book is a very very bad thing.
Bloomberg sucks.
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8:30- no line, but a steady flow. What got my attention was that after the bedazzled blue hair matron checked my ID, the body double of Opie from the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ (w/ dual sleeve tattoos), politely handed me a ballot. It all seemed a bit surreal
Jobs are hard to come by on the West Coast… I give him credit for not taking any more unemployment.
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Strong turnout at my polling place in Va. Surprising, given the only item on the ballot in my area was the re-election of 9 term Rep. Bob Goodlatte. He’s competing against an independent and libertarian with weak support, so a win is assured.
He’s a Bates grad! We used to play them in all NESCAC divisions. You don’t run into a lot of Bates-Washington and Lee types down in the the Western Virginny area, that’s for sure.
With a name like that, he ought to be hawking product for Starbucks.
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voted at 8 this morning,steady traffic in this gop heavy neighborhood. the place will be crowded come 4:30
“If you don’t believe that, just look at what Nancy and Harry and Mr. Obama have done in four short years”.
It seems like four, but hasn’t it only been two?
Obammy had a brief stint in the Senate, prior to becoming hatchet in chief.
It was his terrific success as an Illinois State Senator that qualified him for his current position.
Yes, while living in the Republican fortress (DuPage County) of suburban Chicago, I was aware of that. However, I’m sure that Jake has never made such a grievous error, and was providing a chance for him to correct or explain.
And he never has, you are correuct.
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It’s been two years since Obama’s been elected, but Nancy and Harry were swept into power in the 2006 elections.
They’ve been controlling the purse strings ever since.
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Voted mid-morning and saw more people coming into the polls than previous elections. Even, and I’m from Massachusetts. for the special election in which we sent a Republican to DC to replace Teddy Kennedy. The morning (before work hours) was very busy. I feel great about what we’re doing today and just want to get my country back!!!
You are not by any chance in Barney Frank’s district, are you? I would be popping the champagne corks tonight if that windbag gets the dump.
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Mr. Gint,
I live in sunny Los Angeles, and I’m sad to report that my polling place was nearly vacant when I voted this morning. I’ve talked to a couple of other Los Angelenos and they report the same. That being said, it could have been just a little too early for the general population.
I wonder what time people would roll into work if Prop 19 passes. Hell, I wonder how much worse the traffic the traffic could get.
I’m thinking if 19 passes traffic is down because of laziness and go long fast food chains that deliver.
LOL. Actually, Los Angeles is a pretty Democratic region, isn’t it? Outside of Pasadena and some of the more Orange County-ish areas?
So a low turnout could just mean lack of Dem enthusiasm.
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I’m in OC. Parts of the county are hard core GOP supporters, but there are plenty of parts that are very poor and the residents might or might not be legal to vote. We just moved to the next town over, went from one of wealthiest zip codes in country and GOP, to a pretty darn wealthy area but lots of foreign individuals. I’m not sure how Asians or Persians will vote, or how many of them can…..
Most of the Iranians I’ve met out there vote Republican. They are very pro-American, the ex-pats.
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Voted this morning, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles in a GOP leaning suburb. About 10 people in line. Mostly in their 30’s and up. This was just a 20 minute snapshot of course…
Yeah, my little bro’s wife is from Pasadena, and I think that’s a pretty solid Republican area, perhaps like yours?
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Glendora, another 10 miles east. Pretty much a GOP lock. I figure Pasadena is a 60/40 split. (GOP/dem). The further east you get from LA, the more right it is.
Voted around noon. I would have dropped a straight ticket for Republicans, but frankly, we have some RINO’s which needed to catch the axe.
And I abstained from voting on the college positions; I don’t know the participants and I’d largely defund them if I could anyway.
LOL! You’d defund U-Mich?? How would they ever beat OSU again?
Seriously, U-Mich has some pretty top programs for a state school. Michigan’s one redeeming quality, albeit in ultra blue Ann Arbor.
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If they’re that good, they can make it on their own.
Treu!
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Besides, I’m sick of dropping thousands of dollars a year to support the pay of some liberal indoctrination program masquerading as an education. That college in particular is more interested in counting the color and sex organs of its students than teaching them. You cut funding and they have to suddenly axe programs which don’t deliver (poly sci, anyone?) and reinforce the quality (like medical).
It’ll never go; too many people like educating the country’s students, even if none of them stick around. But maybe we can at least lower the amount of funding and force some of the hard core aging SDS type professors out?
Maybe the old SDS profs can have a die-in? 😉
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Hey Jake. I’m guessing this isn’t helpful but I dropped my vote in early…last week. Though it was interesting that on a nice sunny Saturday mid-day there were plenty of folks filing in and out of the polling place. Folks are riled up here in TN. They are looking forward to throwing out the statists and tyrants. Heck even the state gov’t is about to go all red. People are really interested in TN state rights and limited control by the federal overlords
That’s the great thing about Texas and Tennessee… their lack of state income taxes draws anti-statists, while limiting the scope of gov’t.
Now… what to do w. TennCare?
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I live in Baltimore which is hugely Democratic. The poll I went too was a zoo. I voted republican across the board. I am indifferent politically but I want gridlock. In the words of councilman Doug “Change just causes problems.”
LOL… is that the guy from the Wire??
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttt! — best line of that show, and according to the actor who played the Councilman, it was a complete ad-lib.
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Councilman Doug is from Weeds. I changed my gravatar to him. The guy who says Sheeeeeeiiiiittttt is state senator Clay Davis from the wire. The wire was my favorite tv show. What is sad though is that there are a lot realities based on the characters of the Wire. For example, I believe that Tommy Carcetti is meant to be a caricature of Governor O Malley (he was mayor before becoming governor) and that Nerese Campbell is meant to be a caricature of former mayor Shelia Dixon (she was thrown out for stealing giftcards). I feel assured Barbara Mukulski and Steny Hoyer are honest public servants LOL!
Yeah, I got the feeling that a lot of that stuff was pulled from real life, hence the immediacy of it all.
Clay Davis was my favourite character with that trademark line. My wife is still getting over the death of Stringer Bell (but he has a new show on BBC called “Luther” which I’ve been meaning to catch).
Never seen Weeds, and it’s never really appealed to me… I like straight crime stories, I guess, and making light comedy about drug dealing isn’t a good fit for me, I think.
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It is unfortunate how the Wire resembles reality. There all a bunch of crooks. Clay Davis is awsome! The Wire took a different direction after Stringer got killed. Weeds is meant to be more of a comedy. That new show Boardwalk Empire is great.
It was still dark out when I voted… lazy mofo’s won’t get out of bed so it wasn’t crowded at all. There were eight folks there voting, me included.
Can you give an approximate location, and the “color” of your district (ie, red or blue)?
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West Palm Beach; 20 or so minutes ago — staffed by blue hairs that can’t read your drivers license number or name; always.
The Crowd–pissed off / unemployed / U6ed / soccer moms/ dads / foreclosed, but rentin a phat 3/2 condo in classic Dem westside territory. Just as far as I can tell. The biggest crowd I’ve seen in 2 or so general elections and midterms.
Boyz, can’t call a direction from the crowd but looks like somethings up bigtime on the emotional get-out-and-vote front. They don’t usually drag their butts out to fill in those arrows with the Sharpie at this time of the day.
What do you think of Scott’s chances? I was surprised to see him behind.
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Dirty laundry, but that has never stoped voters…Sink was a prior manager of the retirement fund and didn’t get along with Jeb and the boys on the committee. Education lobby and state workers have huge money/lobby on Sink.
Voted just outside Atlanta, red zone country. Turnout was twice last election according to poll worker. I did find a place to park. Not huge crowds, but steady.
Good onya!
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Just voted up here in the west village. Solid turnout. Nothing crazy though. I think everyone knows the outcome is a foregone conclusion in NY. The choice between a life-long politician in baby cuomo (ugh) or an episode of loony tunes, crazy carl.
I’ll take option C*
(*Option C = write in for this guy –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcOXf-U1ZRA
LOL — “Oim nah takin off me glasses!”
They famous!
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