Posted on 11/07/2006 9:55:15 AM PST by TBP
It rained heavily when I went to go vote. Believe it or not, the line was long. I waited 45 minutes to an hour before I was able to vote. The biggest race we have here is the race for governor in South Carolina. We had 6 statewide ballot initiatives and a couple were pretty lengthy to read, which could explain the long lines. Once I got to the voting booth, it took less than five minutes for me to vote. It was great.
My wife and I voted this AM in Chesterfield County, Virginia. They are predicting a 50% turnout - 35% is the norm for off-year elections.
This is good news for George Allen - Chesterfield is heavily Republican.
Also, it is getting cold and rainy, which favors the hardy Republicans over the wimpy Democrats.
Just got back from voting. This is in Orange County, California and is a Republican district. First time in memory I had to wait in a line to vote at 10:00am in the morning. Talked to the workers and it has been heavy all morning. This is good news for Republicans.
I would do the same for anything higher than town clerk or some reltvvely meaningless office like that.
In Pennsylvania...busy, normal progress.
Just went with all three kids - 9, 5 & 3 - we homeschool so I always take at least my oldest for the civic experience of it. She's been going with me since she was four. The younger two can get rowdy so I dangled McDonalds for lunch in front of them and gave them three strikes. They used two. :)
Let's see, light rain, short line, parking lot half full, four Kent State college students doing exit polling outside. This was just before noon, so the pre-work crowd was gone but the lunch rush hadn't yet arrived. Our polling station can get pretty busy - in 2004 at 8 am the line was down the stairs and out the door, probably about a hundred people long. Took about an hour to get to the booth.
I actually stopped and did the exit survey, first time I ever did one. My husband said when he voted first thing this morning, they didn't even ask him - are they profiling? Probably thought he was an evil corporate Republican while I was a pro-choice feminist Democrat. I walked away smiling.
Their survey was actually amusing because on the back they asked 5 questions that were reminiscent of Hannity's Man on the Street, to test the political know-how of the surveyee. Is Dennis Hastert Speaker of the House, is Harry Reid Senate Majority Leader, is Dick Cheney Sec of State, did Republicans or Democrats control the House, who controls the Senate. I would love to get a breakdown on who had correct answers based on voter affiliation.
Oh, this is in Summit County OH, just north of Akron.
Good for you and your family!
From a quick read of this thread, it looks like Republicans are turning out in force.
I can't wait to see the look on the libmedia idiots tomorrow when they learn their Dem candidates have been trounced.
Scottsboro Alabama rainy and damp ... heavy turnout in demo area.. Northeast Alabama ...
7:05am...polling place filled with cars. One sporting an "I got Jesus" bumper sticker and two cars with "Bush/Cheney" stickers. I felt right at home.
In VERY Democratic Ward 10 in Akron, Ohio:
Turnout - low
Weather - rainy, mid 50s
Incidents - none I saw
My father's GOP-heavy Stark County precinct:
Turnout - High
Weather - same (it's 10 miles away)
Incidents - none, but long lines
Hometown of Representative Bradley (NH-01), moonbats out in force. Huge sign "It's about Iraq, It's about Katina (sic), It's about Bush. Vote for Change".
I live out in the woods.
If you can imagine, the "Fire House Ladies" are all grey haired mountain folk.
It's a Norman Rockwell picture.
Maybe 300 voters, but probably less.
God's country! 90% Republican!
I arrived at my polling place in NE Wisconsin about 1 minute after opening. I wound up being the 59th person to cast a ballot. Things went smoothly. Still using marked cards read by optical scanners. Lots of people in line as I departed for work, having dutifully exrecised my privilege and right to vote. I'd say turnouts pretty high in my town, driven I think by our US rep contest, an initiative to repeal our public smoking ban for certain businesser, the amendment to our state constitution to properly define marriage, and the governors race.
Voted in Saint Paul, MN. All booths were full, but there were no long lines, at 11:30 A.M. Things were moving smoothly, and there was no electioneering anywhere near the polling place.
I agree - irritating that for judges affiliation isn't listed. I looked them all up online ahead of time, which was still difficult for the local judges because Summit County has no Republican party website. So I went to the Dem one and wrote down who NOT to vote for. :)
Things at my polling place were dead. But the Republican candidates are expected to win.
My wife and I voted, straight R, at 12 noon here in Clearfield County, PA. Light rain falling. Only two others voting at that time.
Very light turnout at 10 AM in beautiful Bucks County, PA. If the angry, angst-ridden "Hair on Fire" left is out in full voting day derangement mode, I don't see it. Didn't see one Volvo in the parking lot.
I was number #274 -- in and out in 5 minutes.
E-Day in 2004 was a different story -- a three-hour line to vote.
Straight GOP ticket -- hope my vote puts Santorum over the top.
My Precinct in Texas Hill Country is heavy Republican had HEAVY 21 percent early vote with no obvious reason other than a "defensive" response to a Democrat "takeover".
When I mention this to the Precinct Chairman he quietly said that looked to be the case today.
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