South side St. Joseph district (60/40 D/R). The last 7-8 times I’ve voted, I’ve been the 50th to 75th person voting (according to the machine you feed your ballot into). Today I was 245th.
I was not encouraged by the crowd there:
3-4 18-21 year olds, looking unwashed, slacker-like.
5-6 African-Americans in a 95% white district.
A lot of the 40-50-year-old multiple-cat-owning, bitter-at-being-single women with a permanent scowl on their faces.
Some union guys with a “Steelworkers for Obama” placard in their car.
There was a young couple (late 20s) who got their ballots and it looked like the wife made the husband sit at a voting table rather than go into the booth.
I was discouraged by the lack of seniors - hopefully they will get in to vote later.
A couple of dirty looks when my 6-year-old says “my dad says Obama wants to take your money.”
They handed me the ballot. I loudly said “I only need one ballot. I’m not a Democrat.” Cat-calls, boos, and hisses. (HAHA just kidding).
Voted for McCain/Palin, Kenny Hulsof for Governor, Sam Graves for Congress.
Oops - St. Joseph, MISSOURI.
ROTFLMAO!!! Gotta love the outright honesty of kids!