Is this in a conservative area?
If its very heavy, we may just defy all the D+ oversampled polls. A Republican electorate in VA could make a big difference tonight.
Both in electing Romney and helping to get George Allen back to the Senate.
Voted this am. Was the sixth voter in the “I to Z” line — so among the first 12 or so voters here in a city south of Roanoke. The surrounding county will go R about 65-35, the city will probably go D 57-43.
There were about 30 people voting at 6am. Would estimate 70% Romney voters (don’t ask as to how I’m guessing).
Arlington, VA - FYI - Walked over to polling place, line too long (200+) I will return later. Rough estimate - 70% on those in line were holding the pink Republican sample ballot. Local radio is reporting long lines all over NoVA. Arlington County went 70+% for both Kerry and Obama.
In Virginia too, I was @ the polls @ 5:15 waiting, I was about the 15th in line. By the time the polls opened @ 6:00 there were about 150+ people behind me.
Thanks for the updates! C’mon momentum!
Yeh, but just wait until noon when the ripple-induced sleep of the rats wears off. They will stumble to the mailbox to get their gov’t check, wait for the bus to take them to the voting booth so they can cancel out a patriotic hard working person’s vote for Romney!
Gloucester is very red.
Malvern, pa. Small polling location, line started at 6:25. Six minutes to showtime. Good luck and may God Bless America.
400 to 500 Lined up in my precinct in Roanoke county by 6:15 this morning. Ckick-Fil-A syndrome at work here.
Here in NoVa line was 200+ deep. Wife said lots of O voters were there and, “fired up.” Not what I wanted to hear.
1 and a half hours till I que up...
I can’t wait
TT
I plan to vote after lunch ...
Lots of important questions on the MD ballot, gay marriage, gambling, MD DREAM act stuff ... but bambi is probably going to win MD ...
The line I stand in to vote every year since 1996 was about the same size as ‘08, but...people were dressed for work! In ‘08 the line was full of (many)first time voters dressed in house clothes. The line this morning more closely matched ‘00 and ‘04 demographics, but it was as big as ‘08. Big early turnout of Republicans in the Hoosier State..
Remember this - Vigo County Indiana is one of the best bellwether regions for voting U.S. presidential elections; it has voted for the winning candidate in every election since 1956 and in all but two elections since 1892.It continued the trend in 2008, voting for Obama by a 16-point margin.
The numbers for Vigo will be in by 6:30-7:00 EST.
FWIW in Suffolk/Isle of Wight VA I drive by three polling places on the way to work. In 2008 at my polling place the line was out the door around the corner and down one entire side of the High School before polls opened. This year..maybe 40 or 50. I didn’t have time to wait this morning so I will go on my way home.
Tons of Romney signs in the area, much lighter on O. Last election I put up a McCain sign and within 18 hours both of my neighbors countered with O signs. This election my saign has been up for a month with no response.
No matter what happens one thing is certain. After tonight I can plug my phone back in to the wall.
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I had the distinct privilege of casting the first vote in my little, predominantly Conservative, village !
Matter of fact, can't recall seeing a single Ødious sign here at all . . some across the river in the college town (Bucknell), but even very few there, comparatively.
Got to my polling place in central PA at 0630, and by the time the doors opened at 7 there were already ~25 in line, with more cars pulling in every minute or two.
Great chatter with several others who got there shortly after me, with the concensus being we were all more eager to cast today's votes than any time since Reagan !
When the election official asked for my name, I took my time getting the wallet out, while stating in a clear full voice that "I'm (tomkat) and I'm proud to show my eligibility to vote for President Romney".
It's gonna be a long day's wait, but by tonight we'll have served a tsunami-sized eviction notice on the most hideous presidential mistake this country's ever made !
Voted just down the road in York County; VA 1st Congressional District, usually classified as R+5 to R+7. Voted at a local elementary school, about a mile from my home. Both parking lots were full and cars lined both sides of the adjacent street. At least 125 people in line when I arrived just before 7:00 am; very quiet and somber crowd—call us “broken glass Republicans.” Spent about 30 minutes waiting to vote; lines moved quickly because Virginia is (typically) well-organized and we have a short ballot; only federal races and two constitutional amendments up for consideration.
By comparison, I was in and out of the same polling place in less than 10 minutes four years ago. Haven’t seen a turnout like this since I lived in Ohio back in 2004. GOP base is energized and getting to the polls; Republican presidential nominee typically carries this district with upwards of 60% of the vote; I’ll got out on a limb and predict Romney’s total will be in the high 60s, and perhaps approach 70%. And we’ll need every vote to offset the Dims in places like Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News and Northern Virginia.
Different state report here - my friend in Asheville, NC, just said that she voted at 7am in the hood and she was the only person there.
She’s a Dem, but it is a good sign that she was there alone.