May the heros of Benghazi be proud of how we vote today.
They gave their lives for us, now we need to give our votes for them.
Vote as if the lives of our Military Men and Women depended on it.
Waited about 50 minutes in a 75+ - deep line in (R+6) Gloucester County, VA. GC is good to go... in 2008, we supported McCain over Obooger by 63% - 36%.
Wythe county, Rural Retreat: 0600 the line was long, in fact the largest crowd I’ve seen ready to vote so early. I was #3 and I know how the first 3 voted=Romney
Polls opened at 6 AM and my wife and I arrived at 6:35 AM. There were about 150+ people in line ahead of us and we waited outside in 27 degree weather for about 15 minutes.
This was the longest line I have seen since I was stationed here in 1992 and started voting in 1996. There were many minorities in line while we were there but it was around the time many folks were getting ready to go to work. So many people here go to work at 4 AM I hope the conservatives rebound when they get back from work and then vote.
Stafford County is/was a solid conservative county but the past several years have seen an influx of leftists moving here because we used to have low property values and great schools. I still think we will go Romney, but not in the percentages we used to.
Bedford City..half hour west of Lynchburg...no issues, pleasant crowd, I would say about 10 minute wait on line....I’d say 60-40 R to D by sample ballot takers and overall buzz.
Voted in Norfolk this morning. There were several 0bama signs posted but not a single Romney sign. Saw two people in wheel chairs who were severely mentally ill. Both were brought in by a third party and both had the blue democrat sample ballot.
Great falls Virginia here.
Heavy, heavy turnout this morning. Most people taking Republican sample ballots.
Prince William County (Lakeridge) went with wife unit midmorning to avoid the early rush. 2 hour wait so had to leave for work, but will return on broken glass. Longest wait since I got here in 1996. About 40-50% seemed to have a blue “sample ballot” meaning they are not voting for the American. Lots of school teachers (mostly liberal) in line since they have the day off.
Voted at Waples Mill School (10th Congressional) in Oakton. Waited 45 minutes on line. Have been voting at this site for 24 years and in the 10th District for 34 and have never seen a crowd like this (I’d say double that of ‘08 at approx. the same time of day). But, aside from a slightly increased minority representation (bringing the total to about 5%), no clues whatsoever as to who might be winning the vote. Frank Wolf (R) has won this district for as long as I’ve been voting for him, but it went for O in ‘08.
Just voted in People’s Republic of Arlington. Good sized line when I arrived & was told it’s been steady since open. Open was on par with other prez elections - long line. When I completed voting line was completely gone. However I suspect both Alexandria & Arlington will have the usual big turn out. Not sure how it reflects on the more politically diverse Fairfax.
SO... Fellow VAs in red or purple counties leave no Romney vote to waste. We need every single vote to win the state. The left isn’t that demoralized here.
Franklin County 1:00 PM. In my precinct, 2800 (about 2/3 of registered voters in this precinct) voters had voted as of 1:00 PM. That is already more than the full day’s voting total in 2008.
This is a 67% Republican precinct.
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Voted this morning in Precinct 21 (S. Arlington), among the bluest of the blue precincts.
Although turnout was massive, and it took two hours to vote, I sensed that something other than Dem enthusiasm was pushing the high turnout.
Us.
I think the impressive turnout was the cummulative effect of them and us. They will always do well here. But this year we too seemed to be all in. I saw many Rep sample ballots in line.
The county precentages will verify my hypothesis tonight if my observation is correct.
Hey Virginians!
What kind of voter safe guards do you have? ID asked, etc?
Anything new about voter laws since 2008?
Posted in the general thread, but seems appropriate here, as well:
Just voted in NOVA (near Falls Church), at the same time as 4 years ago, so I could compare. As with much of NOVA, this area has very diverse population here (mostly Asian and hispanic). This part of NOVA is generally quite Democrat. 4 years ago, the turnout was unreal. What was really striking back then was: 1) a huge number of black voters, 2) an even huger number of hispanic voters, and 3) hordes of college kids. Being in line was quite depressing.
This year, turnout was heavy, but nothing like 4 years ago. There were a handful of black voters. Crowd was definitely older and whiter, but also more female (may have been the time of day). Also, I was really struck by the number of Asian voters. I don’t know what to make of that.
After I left, I suddenly realized that I didn’t see a single hispanic voter. I also just realized that I didn’t see a single college kid.
If this is in any way representative, I am optimistic about Virginia. But I also heard from a friend who is a police officer, that turnout in some of the 90% democrat areas was very high, almost to the levels of 4 years ago.
We voted around noon here in deep SW Virginia. There was a steady stream of voters and no Democrat electioneers outside handing out literature.