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.
Yup. This is the first election where every vote in VA literally counts. But all the mo and enthusiasm is GOP this year.
In 2008, the Democrats carried away everything that wasn’t nailed down.
Talked to Evelyn Murray at the GOP HQ in Grafton last week.. she said approx. 85% turnout is needed from York County to help offset NN and Hampton. Do you think we`re there?