Polling place out here in San Bernardino county was packed at 7am. Lots of older voters clammoring about No on 30.
I voted 7:30 A.M. in North Los Angeles County a small number were voting at the same time. Most people in our area must leave before the polls open to get to work. Held my nose and voted for Romney. With joy in my heart I voted against Proposition 30.
A Romney win in Cal?
I live in California and won’t vote until I get home from work this evening... but I have an interesting observation...
At work, there is a extraordinary amount of RED clothing being worn today. This was not planned in any way, but I’m seeing many men wearing red shirts and ladies wearing red blouses.
I was standing in my closet this morning trying to figure out what to wear, when I decided, “screw it, I’m wearing RED” to support the GOP. Apparently, many others had the same thought.
'As goes Sunnyvale, so goes the Nation...'
-chortle - Hopefully not. Nice place, but Sunnyvale (as the rest of Santa Clara County) seems to have swallowed the Democrat Kool-Aid long ago.
Heading out now. Bookmark for later report.
Uncharacteristically crowded at my polling place in San Diego. At 6:55 there were thirty people waiting for it to open. It’s always just been one or two. They made a big fuss over it officially opening and the first vote cast. By the time I got to the front there were at least thirty more behind me waiting. There easily would have been a hundred in and out that first half hour. That’s huge for us.
Lots of people fired up about our mayoral race and that’ll get more San Diegans out too. With a strong military presence, a pretty conservative area, and a lot of Mormons, plus the mayoral race being passionate, I think it’ll be even more votes for R/R than in the past few years GOP wise here in SD.
I just left CA but I am praying the good folks in CA vote against the unions.
In my little evenly divided Rep & Dem hamlet in So. Cal, I had to wait for the 1st time in 8 years to vote this am @ 8am. Hopefully, we can pick up a house seat or 2 and defeat some of these lame brain propositions. I did my duty although I know Romney doesn’t win Ca and “I won’t debate” feinstein will also win. If Romney does better than McLame I guess that’s the best Ca outcome if you’re a conservative. Geez.
Ah California, why don’t you wake the hell up?
Hubby & I dropped our ballots off at our poll in Huntington Beach..little before 8am. Line out the door & cars piling in but could be due to people voting before work. Mix of voters...Voted against tax props & Yes on 32!
Mailed mine in... Saw a “Get out the Vote” rally on campus yesterday. Extraordinarily lackluster affair! Lots of people out pushing prop 30, but I must say there was little to no enthusiasm for the election. (As if this state’s Electoral College votes aren’t in the bag for the Dems anyway...)
We live in an ultra-blue area. DH and I went over at 6:50, there were 5 people in front of us. We offered to put our ballots in the ‘shredder’ for the attendant. That made her laugh. As we departed the line had grown to 30 people. This was the before work crowd voting though.
Thanks for starting this thread. We voted for Romney/Ryan 2 weeks ago via absentee ballot. I am sure Obama will win here but I am especially interested on how the tax increase and union dues propositions turn out. Keeping my fingers crossed! Take care.
Here in California, most of the issues are easy to decide.
Anyone endorsed by ANY union is not picked. I look for teachers, police, fire and municipal unions. They endorse, I reject.
Particularly, look for the smart, clever totalitarians. Incumbents who hide the fact, omit their party affiliation or who provide no bio information and avoid endorsements altogether. They don't want you to know what they are likely to promote.
Then there are Propositions and initiatives.
If it involves increased taxes or bonds it is an automatic NO. Even if they proposed to tax just politicians and criminals, I would vote it down. You vote for a tax on someone else today, it will bite you in the butt tomorrow; THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TEMPORARY TAX.
Ever seen a ballot issue or initiative to eliminate a tax?
All initiatives are created by parasites to tax YOU for their benefit. Most of the time it's not obvious.
I vote NO on any and all taxes "for the children" or for schools.
I vote down ANY proposal that uses the word "investement" or "temporary" in it.
That just about covers it.
Californians, wake up.
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn
Note there are three links on this page.
HJTA
Left Coast Rebel (McClintock)
McClintock
Temple of Mut
Temple of Mut
Prop 30 NO
Prop 31 NO
Prop 32 YES
Prop 33 YES
Prop 34 NO
Prop 35 NO
Prop 36 NO
Prop 37 NO
Prop 38 NO
Prop 39 NO
Prop 40 YES
Good luck!
I'm off to the polling place.
I live and work in Downtown Los Angeles. Just voted at the Evans Adult School on N.Figueroa and Sunset/Cesar Chavez. There was alot of people for 7:30 in the morning...I know I was probably the only R voter...maybe not China Town is one block away and there are alot of conservative small Asian business owners..hopefully they are voting today!!
I voted in San Marcos (North San Diego County). Voted for Romney and against anything endorsed by unions.
Short line right at 7:00...only 1 1/2 poll workers who actually spoke clear English.
I went over to vote at about 6:45 and there were already 15 people lined up.